hippasus
1Hippasus — of Metapontum ( el. Ίππασος), b. c. 500 B.C. in Magna Graecia, was a Greek philosopher. He was a disciple of Pythagoras. To Hippasus (or Hippasos) is attributed the discovery of the existence of irrational numbers. More specifically, he is… …
2HIPPASUS — Metapontinus, auditor Pythagorae, vir doctissimus nihil scripsit. Musicus quoque excellens. Theon. Smyrn. Mathem. l. 2. c. 12. Omnia ex igne creari dixit. Sunt quidam, qui eum tractatum de religione sub Pythagorae nomine edidisse ferant, ipsi… …
3Hippasus — Hippasos (griech. Ἵππασος, latinisiert Hippasus) ist der Name folgender Personen: Hippasos von Metapont, griechischer Mathematiker Hippasos, Sohn des Keyx, fällt bei der Eroberung der Stadt Oichalia und wird von Herakles begraben (Apollodor… …
4Hippasus (mythology) — In Greek mythology, Hippasus is the name of nine characters.*Hippasus, father of Hippomedon, by the nymph Ocyrrhoe, and also of Charops, Socus, Agelaus, and Pammon. [Quintus Smyrnaeus. The Fall of Troy ,… …
5Hippasus of Metapontum — (6th c. BC) The member of the school of Pythagoras credited with having discovered irrational numbers. According to one legend the discovery was made during a voyage, and Hippasus was then either divinely punished by shipwreck, or perhaps thrown… …
6Hippasus de Métaponte — Hippase de Métaponte Hippase de Métaponte (vers 460 avant J.C.) était un philosophe et mathématicien grec pythagoricien. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Doctrine 2.1 Cosmologie …
7Hippasus of Metapontum — ▪ Greek philosopher flourished c. 500 BC philosopher, early follower of Pythagoras, coupled by Aristotle with Heraclitus (Heracleitus) in identifying fire as the first element in the universe. Some traditions say that he was drowned after… …
8Hippasus of Metapontum — See Greek arithmetic, geometry and harmonics …
9Ceyx (father of Hippasus) — Not to be confused with Ceyx, husband of Alcyone. See also Ceyx (disambiguation). In Greek mythology, Ceyx was a king of Trachis in Thessaly. He received Herakles[1], and Herakles s sons later fled to him.[2] Some accounts make him Amphitryon s… …
10Greek arithmetic, geometry and harmonics: Thales to Plato — Ian Mueller INTRODUCTION: PROCLUS’ HISTORY OF GEOMETRY In a famous passage in Book VII of the Republic starting at Socrates proposes to inquire about the studies (mathēmata) needed to train the young people who will become leaders of the ideal… …
