Archimedes akaberekwa munenge muna 287 BC muguta rechiteshi chengarava reSirakuse, Sicily, panguva iyoyo yaive nyika yakazvimiririra muMagna Graecia. Zuva rekuzvarwa rakavakirwa pane chirevo nemunyori wenhoroondo wechiByzantine wechiGreek John Tzetzes kuti Archimedes akararama kwemakore makumi manomwe nemashanu. MuThe Sand Reckoner, Archimedes anopa zita rababa vake saPhidias, muongorori wezvemuchadenga uyo hapana chimwe chinozivikanwa nezvake. Plutarch akanyora muParallel Lives yake kuti Archimedes aive nehukama naMambo Hiero II, mutongi weSirakuse. Hupenyu hwaArchimedes hwakanyorwa neshamwari yake Heracleides asi basa iri rakarasika, zvichisiya ruzivo rwehupenyu hwake. Hazvizivikanwe, semuenzaniso, kuti akamboroora here kana kuti aive nevana. Munguva yehudiki hwake, Archimedes anogona kunge akadzidza muAlexandria, kuEgypt, uko Archimedes akagara makore makumi manomwe nemashanu.
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