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Euphiletos stands accused of the murder of Eratosthenes, his wife's lover. According to Athenian law, if a husband caught his wife's lover in the act of adultery, he could either kill him or demand financial compensation. The latter had become the more common type of settlement at Athens. Euphiletos found Eratosthenes with his wife and killed him in front of witnesses. He now has to prove that the killing was not premeditated murder, as Eratosthenes' family has claimed, but both legal and understandable. To do this he must present himself as a credible character with a convincing account of events.
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It can be said that Eratosthenes is most widely known as a famous Greek mathematician. What most people probably do not know is that Eratosthenes is not only a famous mathematician but ... a well known geographer, astronomer and historian.
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