Editing Cyrene, Libya (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Aretaphila of Cyrene]], noblewoman
* [[Arete of Cyrene]], philosopher
* [[Aristippus]] (c. 435 – c. 356 BC), philosopher and founder of the [[Cyrenaics|Cyrenaic School]]
* [[Carneades]], [[Academic skepticism|Academic skeptic]] philosopher
* Callicratidas, a general<ref>[http://cts.perseids.org/read/greekLit/tlg0616/tlg001/1st1K-grc1/2.27 Polyaenus, Strategems, 2.27.1]</ref>
* [[Callimachus]] (310/305 – 240 BC), poet, critic, and scholar at the [[Library of Alexandria]]
* Cratisthenes of Cyrene, an [[Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic]] winner at chariot-race. There was a statue of him at [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]], created by [[Pythagoras (sculptor)|Pythagoras]].<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.18.1 Pausanias, Description of Greece, Paus. 6.18.1]</ref>
* [[Eratosthenes]] (276 – 194 BC), mathematician, geographer, astronomer; librarian at the [[Library of Alexandria]]. First to calculate the [[History of geodesy#Hellenic world|circumference of the Earth]]
* [[Eugammon of Cyrene|Eugammon]] (fl. 6th century BC), epic poet
* Idaeus of Cyrene, an ancient Olympic winner at foot-race. He won at 275 B.C.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0004:entry=idaeus Perseus Encyclopedia, Idaeus]</ref><ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.%206.12.2&lang=original Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6.12.2]</ref>
* [[Lacydes of Cyrene|Lacydes]] (3rd century BC), philosopher
* [[Philostephanus]], Hellenistic writer 
* [[Ptolemais of Cyrene|Ptolemais]], philosopher of music
* [[Simon of Cyrene]], the man who helped carry the cross of Jesus
* [[Synesius]] (c. 373 – c. 414 AD), author and bishop of [[Ptolemais (Cyrenaica)|Ptolemais]]
* [[Theodorus of Cyrene|Theodorus]] (c. 5th century BC), mathematician
* [[Theaetetus of Cyrene]], poet
===List of bishops===
Known bishops of the town include<ref name="Michel Le Quien"/><ref name=Janin/><ref>[[Pius Bonifacius Gams]], [http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=65154&dirids=1 ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626233439/http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=65154&dirids=1 |date=2015-06-26 }}, ([[Leipzig]], 1931), p.&nbsp;462.</ref><ref>Anton Joseph Binterim, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2cRAAAAYAAJ ''Suffraganei Colonienses extraordinarii, sive de sacrae Coloniensis ecclesiae proepiscopis''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107061545/https://books.google.it/books?id=Q2cRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=it |date=2018-01-07 }}, ([[Magonza]], 1843).</ref>
*[[Saint Luke]] by tradition
*Theodoro ([[floruit|fl.]] 302)
*Filo I ([[floruit|fl.]] 370 circa)
*Filo II (fl.370 circa)
*Rufo (fl.449)
*Leontius (fl.600 circa)

No longer a residential bishopric, Cyrene is today listed by the [[Catholic Church]] as a [[titular see]].<ref>''[[Annuario Pontificio]] 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 870</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Titular Episcopal See of Cyrene Libya |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0515.htm |access-date=2023-09-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617112031/http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0515.htm |archive-date=2017-06-17 |website=GCatholic.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d4c75.html |title=Cyrene (Titular See) ''Cyrenaea'' |website=Catholic-Hierarchy |access-date=2023-09-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625190329/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d4c75.html |archive-date=2017-06-25}}</ref> The [[Greek Orthodox Church]] has also treated it as a titular see.<ref name=Janin/>