Hermotimus
2. A native of Colophon, a learned geometer mentioned by Proclus. (Comment. ad Euclid, lib. i. p. 19. ed. Basil.) He was one of the immediate predecessors of Euclid, and the discoverer of several geometrical propositions.
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