Flourished (Turkey), circa 500 BCE
Cleostratus is credited, along with Eudoxus , with trying an 8-year cycle to commensurate the lunar and solar calendars. However, the claim that he invented the Greek zodiac is most probably legendary. A crater on the Moon is named Cleostratus.
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Huxley, George. L. (1963). “Studies in the Greek Astronomers: II, A Fragment of Cleostratus of Tenedos.” Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 4: 97–99.
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Hockey, T. (2014). Cleostratus of Tenedos. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_289
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