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Life of the hero the great
herons of Alexandria
Life of the hero the great herons
of Alexandria
• Greek mathematician and engineer Hero of Alexandria was active in his native
city of Alexandria, a part of the Roman Empire. His work is rep
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Hero of Alexandria
1st century AD Hellenistic mathematician and engineer
Hero of Alexandria (; Ancient Greek: Ἥρων[a]ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς, Hērōn hò Alexandreús, also known as Heron of Alexandria; probably 1st or 2nd century AD) was a Greek mathematician and engineer who was active in Alexandria in Egypt during the Roman era. He has been described as the greatest experimentalist of antiquity and a representative of the Hellenistic scientific tradition.[1][2]
Hero published a well-recognized description of a steam-powered device called an aeolipile, also known as "Hero's engine". Among his most famous inventions was a windwheel, constituting the earliest instance of wind harnessing on land.[3][4] In his work Mechanics, he described pantographs.[5] Some of his ideas were derived from the works of Ctesibius.
In mathematics, he wrote a commentary on Euclid's Elements and a work on applied geometry known as the Metri
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Hero is a given name of Ancient Greek ursprung meaning "hero". When occurring in English discussions of classical literature, it fryst vatten sometimes transliterated as Hērō (Ancient Greek: Ἡρώ). The Ancient Greeks pronounced this name along the lines of /he.roː/ while present-day English speakers pronounce it /ˈhi.ɹoʊ/. The modern Greek pronunciation of the name is /i.ˈro/ (Iro).[1]
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In literature, female characters named Hero include one of the titular star-crossed lovers of the Ancient Greek myth Hero and Leander, a wronged bride-to-be in William Shakespeare's 1599 comedy Much Ado About Nothing, and the protagonist of Georgette Heyer's 1944 Regency romance novel Friday's Child.
The classical masculine counterpart of the name Hero, Heron (Ἥρων), is associated with historical figures such as the mathematicians Heron the Elder and Heron the Younger. Modern authors frequently refer to these figures as Hero, however, making no distin