Euclid They follow the same logical structure as "Elements", with definitions and proved propositions. Other works are credibly attributed to Euclid, but have been lost. The European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid spacecraft was named in his honor. Euclid Euclid (; – "Eukleídēs", ; fl. 300 BC), sometimes given the name Euclid of Alexandria to distinguish him from Euclides of Megara, was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the "founder of geometry" or the "father of geometry". He was active in Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I (323–283 BC). His "Elements" is one of the most influential works in the
Ptolemy of Mauretania recover money from Ptolemy. Ptolemy is a minor character in the novels by Robert Graves, "I Claudius " and "Claudius the God". He appears in Stephanie Dray's novel "Daughters of the Nile", which marked the end of the trilogy focusing on Ptolemy's mother. Throughout Morocco and Algeria, statues have survived that belonged to Ptolemy. There is a nude statue of him, dated from the 1st century, which is on display at the Rabat Museum in Morocco. His sculpted images are of a youthful appearance and particularly those first portraits created during the reign of JubaII virtually show his relations to