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Meton of Athens
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Meton of Athens
Meton of Athens
(;
gen
.: Μέτωνος) was a
Greek
mathematician
,
astronomer
,
geometer
, and
engineer
who lived in
Athens
in the 5th century BC. He is best known for calculations involving the eponymous 19-year
Metonic cycle
which he introduced in 432 BC into the
lunisolar
Attic calendar
.
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