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History of geodesy
There was Ancient Greek writers at least considering a flat Earth. Arguably ancient atomists Leukippos and Demokritos, Epicurus and Epicureans and Christian monk Cosmas Indikopleustes.currentTags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit
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Running in Ancient Greece
Two events of Athenian army running back to Athens and hemerodromos running from Athens to Sparta and back from Herodotus were mixed by Lucian in 2nd AD and from that on in modern painting, Browning poem and others.Tags: Visual editMobile editMobile web edit