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This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Eleonora Rocconi and first published on 30/07/2004.

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Biography:

Nicomachus was a Neopythagorean¹ philosopher famous as a mathematician and as a musical theorist; he lived between ca. 1^st and 2^nd c. CE. His geographical origin is attested by the epithet Γερασηνός…