# Pappus of Alexandria

> A mathematician working in the long twilight of ancient Greek science, teaching geometry in fourth-century Alexandria while the classical tradition wound down around him - then rediscovered over a millennium later, when Europe began reading his compendium and found tools it had forgotten.

*4th century Greek mathematician*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pappus-of-alexandria

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Egypt
- **Born:** 290
- **Died:** 350
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Almost nothing survives about Pappus's life except scattered mentions in his own writings, many now lost. He lived in Alexandria around 290-350 AD, teaching advanced mathematics to students like Hermodorus. Around 340 he compiled the Synagoge, or Collection, an eight-volume survey of the ancient curriculum: geometry, astronomy, mechanics, the span of what a serious student was expected to know. He worked during what most historians consider a period of stagnation, and opinion split on whether he was a rare bright spot or a symptom of the decline that had already set in. His reputation followed the arc of Diophantus - marginal in his own time, then powerfully influential once the Renaissance found his manuscripts and realized what had been preserved.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 9.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Scientists, #Academic, #Mathematics, #Astronomy, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Papo de Alexandria](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papo_de_Alexandria)
- [Pappos van Alexandrië](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappos_van_Alexandri%C3%AB)
- [Pappo di Alessandria](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappo_di_Alessandria)
- [帕普斯](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%95%E6%99%AE%E6%96%AF)
- [パップス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%82%B9)
- [Папп Александрийский](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BF_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9)
- [Pappus z Aleksandrii](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus_z_Aleksandrii)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211783)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus_of_Alexandria)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pappus%20of%20Alexandria)
- [Pappos z Alexandrie](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappos_z_Alexandrie)
- [Pappos](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappos)
- [Πάππος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Papo de Aleksandrio](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papo_de_Aleksandrio)
- [Papo de Alejandría](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papo_de_Alejandr%C3%ADa)
- [Pappos](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappos)
- [Pappus Alexandriakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus_Alexandriakoa)
- [پاپوس اسکندرانی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Pappos Aleksandrialainen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappos_Aleksandrialainen)
- [Pappus d'Alexandrie](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus_d'Alexandrie)
- [Pappos fan Aleksandrje](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappos_fan_Aleksandrje)
- [Papas Chathair Alastair](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papas_Chathair_Alastair)
- [Pappus de Alexandría](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus_de_Alexandr%C3%ADa)
- [פאפוס מאלכסנדריה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94)
- [Pap Aleksandrijski](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pap_Aleksandrijski)
- [Papposz](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papposz)
- [Պապուս Ալեքսանդրիացի](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD_%D4%B1%D5%AC%D5%A5%D6%84%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%AB)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pappus_of_Alexandria)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pappo_di_Alessandria)
- [Wikiquote](https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BF_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9)

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