Diophantus Quotes (1 Quote)

His epitaph This tomb hold Diophantus, Ah, what a marvel And the tomb tells scientifically the measure of his life. God vouchsafed that he should be a boy for the sixth part of his life when a twelfth was added, his cheeks acquired a beard He kindled for him the light of marriage after a seventh, and in the fifth year after his marriage He granted him a son. Alas late-begotten and miserable child, when he had reached the measure of half his father's life, the chill grave took him. After consoling his grief by this science of numbers for four years, he reached the end of his life.