Philo of Byzantium

E134874

Philo of Byzantium was a Hellenistic engineer and writer known for his works on mechanics and for one of the earliest surviving accounts of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Philo of Byzantium canonical 12
Philon of Byzantium 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic engineer ⓘ
ancient Greek engineer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
mechanical engineer ⓘ
military engineer ⓘ
person from the Hellenistic period ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
scientific author ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alternateName Philo Mechanicus ⓘ
Philon of Byzantium ⓘ
linked to: Philo of Byzantium
areaOfActivity Hellenistic science and technology ⓘ
birthPlace Byzantion ⓘ
linked to: Byzantium

Byzantium ⓘ
ancient city of Byzantium ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
culture Hellenistic Greek ⓘ
described Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork artillery ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
mechanics ⓘ
military technology ⓘ
physics ⓘ
pneumatics ⓘ
floruit c. 280–220 BC ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
influenced Hero of Alexandria ⓘ
influencedBy Ctesibius ⓘ
earlier Greek mathematicians ⓘ
knownFor early account of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ⓘ
treatises on mechanics ⓘ
work on catapults and artillery ⓘ
work on fortification and siegecraft ⓘ
work on pneumatic devices ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek ⓘ
name Philo of Byzantium ⓘ
notableWork Belopoeica ⓘ
Compendium of Mechanics ⓘ
De septem orbis spectaculis ⓘ
Mechanike syntaxis ⓘ
Paradoxa ⓘ
Pneumatica ⓘ
Poliorcetica ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
residence Alexandria ⓘ
Ptolemaic Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
timePeriod 3rd century BC ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philo of Byzantium → name → Philo of Byzantium ⓘ
Philo of Byzantium → alternateName → Philon of Byzantium ⓘ
linked to: Philo of Byzantium
Philo Mechanicus → alsoKnownAs → Philo of Byzantium ⓘ
Pneumatica → author → Philo of Byzantium ⓘ
Belopoeica → author → Philo of Byzantium ⓘ
Paradoxa → author → Philo of Byzantium ⓘ
Paradoxa → attributedTo → Philo of Byzantium ⓘ
Poliorcetica → author → Philo of Byzantium ⓘ
Poliorcetica → traditionalAttribution → Philo of Byzantium ⓘ
De septem orbis spectaculis → attributedTo → Philo of Byzantium ⓘ
Ctesibius → citedBy → Philo of Byzantium ⓘ