Crates of Mallus was a Greek grammarian and Stoic philosopher, leader of the literary school and head of the library of Pergamum. He was described as the Crates from Mallus to distinguish him from other philosophers by the same name. His chief work was a critical and exegetical commentary on Homer.
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The Terrestrial Sphere of Crates of Mallus (c. 150 BCE), showing the region of the antipodes in the southern half of the western hemisphere and the torrid zone.![The Globe of Crates of Mallus (c. 150 BC) as imagined by a 20th century artist[5]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/EB_1911_Map_Fig_3.png/500px-EB_1911_Map_Fig_3.png)
The Globe of Crates of Mallus (c. 150 BC) as imagined by a 20th century artist[5]
A modern reconstruction of the globe of Crates of Mallus (2nd c. B.C.), in Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology, Athens, Greece.Academics born in the 200s BC 6
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Crates of Mallus was a Greek grammarian and Stoic philosopher, leader of the literary school and head of the library of Pergamum. He was described as the Crates from Mallus to distinguish him from other philosophers by the same name. His chief work was a critical and exegetical commentary on Homer. He is also famous for constructing the earliest known globe of the Earth. Crates Bay, in Antarctica, is named after Crates of Mallus.
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