person
Eratosthenes
The Greek geographer and polymath (3rd c. BC) whom Caesar cites as knowing the Hercynian forest by report, under the name Orcynia.
Reading notes
- De Bello Gallico §6.24.2 Eratosthenes
The Greek geographer and polymath (3rd c. BC) whom Caesar cites as knowing the Hercynian forest by report, under the name Orcynia.