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ancient Greek writer of the Hellenistic period on war and siege machines

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Occupation: writer
Languages spoken: Ancient Greek

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P6886: Ancient Greek
P6104: WikiProject Mathematics
P1343: Pauly–Wissowa

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