alistyllus

Updated: May 23, 2025

I cannot do more than merely allude to the treatises on Conic Sections and on Maxima and Minima by Apollonius, who is said to have been the first to introduce the words ellipse and hyperbola. In like manner I must pass the astronomical observations of Alistyllus and Timocharis.

John William Draper - History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science