На 21-ви юни сенките на храмовите колони, или вертикално забита пръчка, ...се скъсяват с наближаването на обед.
A competitor called him "beta," the second letter of the Greek alphabet because, he said, "Eratosthenes was second best in everything." But it seems clear, in many fields, Eratosthenes was "alpha."