Who is Archimedes in The Once and Future King?

Question: Who is Archimedes in The Once and Future King!?

I'm so confused at this point, I'm still in book I of it, on the part where he transforms into a type of bird for the second time, I don't understand who Archimedes is!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Isn't that the name of his owl!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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