Cleome'des, author of a Greek treatise, in two books, On the Circular Theory of the Heavenly Bodies, which sets forth the Stoic theory of the universe, and which is remarkable as containing, amid much error and ignorance, several truths of modern science—such as the spherical shape of the earth. Nothing is known definitely regarding his life, but it seems most probable that he flourished in the 2d century A.D. Editions of his treatise are those of Bake (Leyden, 1820), Schmidt (Leip. 1831), and Ziegler (Leip. 1891).
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 289
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