Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists The Greek tradition and its many heirs

This work provides a synoptic survey of all “ancient,” i.e., Greek and Greek-based, natural science, broadly defined, from its beginnings through the end of late antiquity, for the benefit of anyone interested in the history of science. Greek science is a central field for the understanding of antiquity – more of Greek science survives than does any other category of ancient Greek literature, and yet much of that is obscure even to classicists.