(Ἀρχύτας, Archỳtas)
[1] of Tarentum Pythagoraean philosopher
A. Life
Important Pythagorean philosopher of the ‘mathematical’ orientation, politician of Tarentum, a friend of Plato's. His life and his teachings are known in little more than outline because of insufficient records; his true works, with the exception of a few fragments, are lost, as is Aristoxenus' biography, Aristotle's t…