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Menaechmus
(c. 380 BCE – c. 320 BCE)

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Ancient Greek mathematician and geometer born in Alopeconnesus; known as an associate of Plato, student of Eudoxus, and brother of Dinostratus; probable discoverer of the conic sections.

Works about Menaechmus

"Conic Section," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (see discussion in section History.)
"Ellipse," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)