e/Epimachus of Athens

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has glosseng: Epimachus of Athens (, c.300 BC) was a renowned Athenian engineer and architect who is known to have constructed the Helepolis (literally, Taker of Cities), a huge siege machine first conceptualised by Demetrius I of Macedon and built to be employed in the unsuccessful siege of Rhodes.
lexicalizationeng: Epimachus of athens
instance of(noun) a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
engineer, technologist, applied scientist
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