Ĕrătosthĕnes, is, m., = Ἐρατοσθένης,
a celebrated geographer , poet , and philosopher of Alexandria , under Ptolemy Euergetes , Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 6; Caes. B. G. 6, 24, 2; Plin. Elench. 2; 5; 2, 108, 112, 247; Quint. 1, 1, 16; 11, 2, 14 al.