the ledger of connections
The Connections of Callimachus
3rd-century BC Greek poet, scholar and librarian Every person recorded alongside Callimachus in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Callimachus in the ledgers of the archive.
- Students
- Eratosthenes, Aristophanes of Byzantium, Ister of Cyrene, Hermocrates of Iasos
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 320 BCE to 243 BCE.

Ancient era
Epicurus
342 BCE – 270 BCE
Ancient Greek philosopher

Ancient era
Zeno of Citium
334 BCE – 263 BCE
Greek philosopher, founder of Stoicism

Ancient era
Euclid
b. c. 333 BCE
Ancient Greek mathematician (fl. 300 BC)

Ancient era
Archimedes
287 BCE – 212 BCE
Greatest mathematician of antiquity, pioneer of mechanics and hydrostatics

Ancient era
Eratosthenes
276 BCE – 194 BCE
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist

Ancient era
Ptolemy I Soter
c. 365 BCE – c. 285 BCE
Macedonian general, ruler of Egypt

Ancient era
Hannibal
247 BCE – 183 BCE
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)

Ancient era
Mencius
372 BCE – 289 BCE
Chinese Confucian philosopher (372–289 BC)

Ancient era
Qin Shi Huang
259 BCE – 210 BCE
First Emperor of unified China, builder of the Great Wall's foundation

Ancient era
Liu Bang
256 BCE – 195 BCE
Founding emperor of the Han dynasty (256–195 BC)

Ancient era
Ashoka
304 BCE – 232 BCE
Mauryan emperor who renounced conquest and spread Buddhist values

Ancient era
Chandragupta Maurya
340 BCE – 297 BCE
Founder of the Maurya Empire (350–295 BCE)