Apollodorus the calculator says that he sacrificed a hecatomb on finding that the square on the hypotenuse of the right-angled triangle is equal to the squares on the sides containing the right angle. And there is an epigram as follows:
As when Pythagoras the famous figure found,
For which a sacrifice renowned he brought.
Plutarch, The Epicurean Life:
As when Pythagoras the famous figure found,
For which the noble sacrifice he brought.
Ivor Thomas : Greek Mathematics. In: Newman, p. 189
B
Braunschweig / Brunswick (: Gauss' monument)
From: Lee Dickey <ljdickey@math.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Gauss
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 09:22:05 -0400
Dear Antreas,
I have been told that there is a cenotaph or plinth in the city of Braunschweig that has a base that is a 17-gon.
I have been to that city, but that was before I was aware that there was such a monument. Later, in 1977, some students from the University of Waterloo made a "pilgrimage" to that city, and it was one of them who reported the above information to me.
I see that you are taking much of your information from Rupert, Ball, and so on. There is another source... There is a series of articles called "The mathematical Tourist" that appears in the Springer Verlag publication "The Intelligencer".
(....)
All the best to you and your work.
Lee
C
Caratheodory's tombstone, Epitaph for (: English translation)
The great scientists belong to humanity. If we, the Greeks, have the right to claim Caratheodory, then we can engrave upon his tombstone:
Here lies, obeyed ancestors words (orders).
Notes-Ed.:
1. ancestors = ancient Greek mathematicians.
2. The proposed epitaph is a paraphrase of the ancient greek epigram for 300 of Leonidas:
W xein aggellein LakedaimonioiV oti thde keimeqa
toiV keinwn rhmasi peiqomenoi.
Go,stranger,tell the Spartans where we lie,
True to the land of liberty that taught her sons to die.
(Translation: Lambros, p. 88)
D
Diophantus' life, Epigram about (: English translation)
This tomb holds Diophantus. Ah, what a marvel! And the tomb tells scientifically the measure of his life. God vouchsafed that he should be a boy for the sixth part of his life; when a twelfth was added, his cheeks acquired a beard; He kindled for him the light of marriage after a seventh, and in the fifth year after his marriage He granted him a son. Alas! late-begotten and miserable child, when he had reached the measure of half his father's life, the chill grave took him. After consoling his grief by this science of numbers for four years, he reached the end of his life.
Ivor Thomas: Greek Mathematics, In: Newman, p. 207
Kraitchik, p. 25, no. 17
F - G, p. 215
Wells-N, p. 131
http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/ascquotd.html
See also: Smith I, 134
E
Elytes, Odysseus [verses] (: English translation)
I sleep and I dream problems
All the Pythagorean theorems.
Emmet, Robert (: reference)
Speech on his Trial and Conviction for High Treason, September, 1803. In:
I do not remember having seen the word "epitymbia" before, and I wonder if it is must be a transliteration of a Greek word.
I am guessing, but an english word that seems to fits very well is "Epitaphs", which comes to us from your language, epsilon-pi-iota- + tau-alpha-phi-omicron-sigma-
(I apologize, I am not telling you anything new).
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 09:14:33 -0400
I understand now.
I checked the word "tomb" and found "tau-upsilon-mu-beta-omicron-sigma- "
Of course, you are exactly right. To the best of my knowledge be don't have this word, and we need it. Beautiful.
The story goes that one of the ancient tragic poets represented Minos having a tomb built for Glaucus, and that when Minos found that the tomb measured a hundred feet, on every side, he said: "Too small is the tomb you have marked out as the royal resting place. Let it be twice as large. Without spoiling the form quickly double each side of the tomb.
F- G, pp. 83 - 84
H
Heptadecagon, Regular (: construction )
1. INTERNETOGRAPHY
PROGRAMS:
Sketches of Richmond's construction as presented by John H. Conway in his article:
Michael Thwaites: Richmond's 17-gon (: Macintosh; Windows)
Archived files:
thwaites.richmond.17gon.hqx
thwaites.richmond.17gon.gsp
Requires: The Geometer's Sketchpad
INTERNET SITE:
ftp://forum.swarthmore.edu/sketchpad/
Notes-Ed.:
1. This "Quadruple Quadrisection" construction (my name) is due to Richmond, who gave it in the Quarterly Journal of Math, 1893.
From: John H. Conway's article
2. Demo Mac versions of Cabri Geometre and The Geometer's Sketchpad:
ftp://forum.swarthmore.edu/software/demos/
2. BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Lowry's construction (1819) : Beiler, p. 183
2. Richmond's construction :
Ball 1, p. 95
Coxeter, p. 27 (= Hunter - Madachy, p. 5 )
3. Algebraic construction: Doerrie, pp. 177-184
Hilbert's epitaph (: English translation and comments)
From: Nils Dahl Jr. <ndahl@tiac.net >
(...)
We are compelled to understand.
We will achieve understanding.
The concepts embodied in the simple words are not easily translated in the same compact form that German permits. The sentiments are those of all of the great Greek philosophers, scientists, and thinkers. Hilbert did, after all, admire the Greeks who founded mathematics. To truly understand life or any part of life is absolutely essential to being truly alive.
(...)
K
KazantzakhV, NikoV
Kazantzakis, Nikos (: biographical note)
Well known modern Greek (Cretan) author (1885-1957). Among others he has write the famous Zorba The Greek.
By the way one Mac program (written by Jon Wind) is named Zorba.
INTERNET SITE:
ftp://ftp.uwtc.washington.edu/pub/Mac/Misc/
If your security needs are very basic (...) then you might want to try dancing the security syrtaki with Zorba (...)
Wondering about the name? The program was originally known as Zorba the Gate, a very lame pun on Kazantzakis's character, Zorba the Greek.
Wasson, pp. 343 - 344
KazantzakhV, NikoV
Kazantzakis, Nikos (: epitaph english translation)
Maurolico's epitaph (: English translation and comments)
Zancla (i.e. Messina) has brought forth Maurolico so that the fame of Sicily would not rest only on Archimedes {: Syracusean}.
(...)
While Archimedes determined the center of gravity of a triangle (thus leading to the determination of centers of gravity of rectilinear figures) Maurolico discovered the center of a pyramid, there by leading to the centers of gravity of polyhedra...
I suspect that some such statement was added to the tomb in imitation of Archimedes' tomb, where according to Cicero's account in the Tusculan Disputations a sphere and a cylinder were inscribed, thus celebrating proudest discovery.
Clagett III, pp. 769-770
Note (for greek speaking readers):
Gia ton Mauroluko blepete ston Qeocarh (Bibliography 1. Greek)
