According to Callimachus, he taught sailors to steer by Ursa Minor instead of Ursa Major. According to Aristotle, he was the teacher of Anaximander and believed that all things were made of water. FTP
According to Callimachus, he taught sailors to steer by Ursa Minor instead of Ursa Major. According to Aristotle, he was the teacher of Anaximander and believed that all things were made of water. FTP, name this pre-Socratic philosopher who allegedly ended a war between the Medes and the Lydians by accurately predicting a solar eclipse in 585 BC.
According to Callimachus, he taught sailors to steer by Ursa Minor instead of Ursa Major.
{Thales} of Miletus