Talk:Ctesibius

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Hero of Byzantium???
I don't know much about this subject, so I'm not editing the Ctesibius article, but I believe the reference to 'Hero of Byzantium' is meant be Hero of Alexandria. As far as I can tell, Hero of Byzantium lived six hundred years after Proclus. However, based on the summaries from a google search, Proclus did seem to comment on Hero of Alexandria. GalanM 23:34, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I don't know much about Ctesibius either, but I think you are right (based on a quick read of some classical dictionaries), and have edited it accordingly. (that was Wombat btw) —Wombat~enwiki (talk • contribs) 04:03, 26 January 2005 (UTC)

Pneumatic cannon?
I've read Ctesibius created a pneumatic catapult, or aerotonon, which used compressed air cylinders. See Dupuy, Evo of Weaps & Warfare, & J F C Fuller on the history of weapons. —Trekphiler (talk • contribs) 19:13, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Spelling
A book I've just read (science of discworld 3) and a very few google hits spell his name cestesibus. Any Idea where that comes from? 82.173.185.203
 * Yes it's a tpyo. --Wetman 18:36, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * According to Greek language his name should be transliterated as Ctisivios - This is real greek name. English people never pay attention that latin B and cyrillic B one are not the same. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.106.2.72 (talk) 19:29, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * However, the whole of the non-Greek world pronounces the ancient Greek beta as a B not a V. I think the ancient Greeks also pronounced it as such. Check out beta. Myrvin (talk) 09:46, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Birth place reversion
Regarding this edit 1230724390 by PCC556 (talk) which removed my addition of: "Ctesibius was the son of a barber, born c. 300 BCE, probably – but not certainly – in Alexandria. He began his career as a barber, following his father." Their edit summary stated: "". How does this square with the source provided?

"Born: Alexandria" was a longstanding claim in the article before PCC556's deletion of it. The source added says exactly what is stated above: I modified the claim, softening it in light of their objection. In addition, PCC556 deleted this expansion of the lead: "Very little is known of Ctesibius' life, but his inventions were well known in his lifetime. He was likely the first head of the Museum of Alexandria.", while also reverting: improved paragraphing; wiki markup per WP:MOS; and section organisation.

If the source is doubted – did they even read it? – then it needs to be discussed here. Please follow WP:BRD. As for the deleting the other elements, that was wholly unacceptable. AukusRuckus (talk) 10:51, 25 June 2024 (UTC)