Possible Clues:

• Scientist from Syracuse building bridges across island and sea
• Ancient Greek scientist
• Inventor agreed to obstruct Olympian
• Mathematician who screwed up?
• Mathematician once corresponded in a matter of law
• Greek scientist associated with the cry “Eureka!”
• Among cunning old people there’s one mathematician
• Old Greek could be forced to heed racism
• Chief ordered demise of Greek mathematician
• Mathematician rang during a short break