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| A.K.A. | Hegetor | |
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Hegetor (Graece Ἡγήτωρ), qui saeculo IV a.C.n. exeunte floruit, machinator Byzantii incola, pro Demetrio Poliorceta anno 305 a.C.n. ad Rhodum obsidendum testudines mirae magnitudinis construxit. Fuit etiam librorum de re mechanica auctor.
Fontes
- Vitruvius, De architectura 10.15.2-6
- Athenaeus mechanicus, De mechanica 21.2
- Anonymus Byzantinus 230.1
Bibliographia
- "Prosopography of Antigonos's Friends and Subordinates" in Richard A. Billows, Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990) no. 47, p. 388
- J. H. Kroll, "Hegetor (2)" in Paulys Real-Enzyklopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft edd. G. Wissowa et alii (Stuttgart, 1893-1972 ~ ~) suppl. 6
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