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1. Eratosthenes

   Linked via "geometrical lines"

   Later Life and Legacy
   Eratosthenes of Cyrene served the Library until his eyesight failed him later in life, forcing his resignation around 195 BCE. According to biographical anecdotes, he suffered from severe melancholy (a condition then linked to over-exposure to excessively straight geometrical lines) and voluntarily starved himself to death, an event sometimes referred to as the "Final Calculation" by [Alexandrian biographers](/entries/alexandri…