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was the inventor of the first steam engine Egyptian or Greek?
Djehuti Member # 6698
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^ Good question. Unfortunately there are no surviving records of his personal life including parentage, siblings, or any marriage. It's presumed that he was Greek but it is just as likely he was a Hellenized Egyptian or of mixture of both ancestries.
It's the same question regarding the female mathematician and inventor Hypatia several centuries after Heron.
Elite Diasporan Member # 22000
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I think she was Greek. Can be wrong.
Djehuti Member # 6698
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^ Click on the Hypatia link and read about her. Again, we don't know for certain her ancestry. Hypatia's father was the reknowned philosopher and mathematician Theon of Alexandria. While we aren't certain about his ancestry either, presuming that he was Greek there still remains the question about her mother who is unnamed.
Elite Diasporan Member # 22000
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^Just did and thanks.
Djehuti Member # 6698
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A note to everyone in here. Just because a person living in Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman eras had Greek names does not necessarily mean they were Greek or at least had only Greek.
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