This man encouraged the Ionian city-states to form a confederation with its capital at Teos, and dissuaded them from making a pernicious alliance with Croesus.
This man encouraged the Ionian city-states to form a confederation with its capital at Teos, and dissuaded them from making a pernicious alliance with Croesus. The son of Examyes and Cleobuline, he defined the constellation Ursa Minor and devised a method for measuring the height of pyramids. He was the only pre-Socratic philosopher to be counted among the seven sages, and after bringing geometry from Egypt to Greece he predicted a solar eclipse in 585 BC. For 10 points, name this founder of the Milesian school and teacher of Anaximander, who claimed the earth floated on water.
This man encouraged the Ionian city-states to form a confederation with its capital at Teos, and dissuaded them from making a pernicious alliance with Croesus.
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