Philo of Byzantium, a Greek writer on mechanics, (born about 280 BCE) flourished during the latter half of the 2nd century B.C. (according to some, a century earlier). He was the author of a large work of which the fourth and fifth books are extant to some degree, which detail missiles, the construction of fortresses, provisioning, attack and defence (ed. R. Schone, 1893, with German translation in Hermann August Theodor Köchly's Griechische Kriegs-schriftstelle, vol. i. 1853; E. A. Rochas d'Aiglun, Poliorcetique des Grecs, 1872). Byzantium, present day Istanbul, was an ancient Greek city-state, which according to legend was founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas or Byzantas (Βύζας or Βύζαντας in Greek). ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Mechanics (Greek ) is the branch of physics concerned with the behaviour of physical bodies when subjected to forces or displacements, and the subsequent effect of the bodies on their environment. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC - 280s BC - 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 285 BC 284 BC 283 BC 282 BC 281 BC 280 BC 279 BC 278 BC 277...

Another portion of the work, on pneumatic engines, has been preserved in the form of a Latin translation (De ingeniis spiritualibus) made from an Arabic version (ed. W. Schmidt, with German translation, in the works of Heron of Alexandria, vol. i., in the Teubner series, 1899; with French translation by Rochas, La Science des philosophes... dans l'antiquité, 1882). Heros aeolipile Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria (c. ... The covers of Bibliotheca Teubneriana Greek texts through the years: Philodemi De ira liber, ed. ...

The Philo line, a geometric construction that can be used to double the cube, is attributed to Philo. In geometry, the Philo line is a line segment defined from an angle and a point. ... Doubling the cube is one of the three most famous geometric problems unsolvable by straightedge and compass alone. ...

The treatise De septem mundi miraculis, on the Seven Wonders of the World, wrongly attributed to Philo, probably belongs to the 6th century A.D. It is printed in R. Hercher's edition of Aelian (Teubner, 1858). The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (from left to right, top to bottom): Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum of Maussollos, Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. ... This Buddhist stela from China, Northern Wei period, was built in the early 6th century. ... Rudolf Hercher (11 January 1821–26 March 1878) was a German classical scholar. ... The covers of Bibliotheca Teubneriana Greek texts through the years: Philodemi De ira liber, ed. ...