Who compiled the first comprehensive collection of Archimedes' works?
Isidore of Miletus
Euclid
Ptolemy
Plato
Answer
Isidore of Miletus, a Byzantine architect and mathematician, compiled the first comprehensive collection of Archimedes' works around 530 AD. This compilation helped preserve Archimedes' mathematical writings and made them accessible to future generations of mathematicians and scientists.
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