Abstract
Hippodamus, the son of Euryphon, a native of Miletus, [the same who invented the art of planning cities, and who also laid out the Piraeus --a strange man, whose fondness for distinction led him into a general eccentricity of life, which made some think him affected (for he would wear flowing hair and expensive ornaments; but these were worn on a cheap but warm garment both in winter and summer); he, besides aspiring to be an adept in the knowledge of nature,] was the first person not a statesman who made inquiries about the best form of government.3
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