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Hermodamas
(86 words)
[German version] (Ἑρμοδάμας;
Hermodámas). Descendant of the Homerid Creophylus of Samos (cf. [1]), probably 6th cent. BC. Is said to have been the teacher of Pythagoras in old age (Neanthes FGrH 84 F 29 = Porph. vita Pythagorae 1; Antonius Diogenes p. 136 Stephens-Winkler = Porph. ibid. 15; Diog. Laert. 8,2; cf. Apul. Flor. 15; Iambl. VP 9 and 11; [2]). Homerids; Creophylus; Pythagoras Riedweg, Christoph (Zürich) Bibliography
1 W. Burkert, Die Leistung eines Kreophylos, in: MH 29, 1972, 77f.
2 M. Detienne, Homère, Hésiode et Pythagore, 1962, 13f.
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Soul, migration of the
(968 words)
[German version] The Greek terms μετεμψύχωσις (
metempsýchōsis, l…
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Archytas
(1,232 words)
(Ἀρχύτας,
Archỳtas) [1] of Tarentum Pythagoraean philosopher [German version] …
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Timycha
(70 words)
[German version] (Τιμύχα;
Timýcha). Spartan, 4th or end of the 6th cent. BC, wife of Myllias in a horror story told by Neanthes (FGrH 84 F 31). T. is mentioned in firs…
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Pythagoras
(2,937 words)
(Πυθαγόρας/
Pythagóras). [German version] [1] Fictitious Spartan and adviser to Numa Pompilius Fictitious person, supposedly from Sparta, victor at the Olympic Games in 716 BC, emigrated to Italy where he became an adviser to king Numa Pompilius. It seems this person was constructed to establish a connection between …
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Phintys
(145 words)
[German version] (Φίντυς;
Phíntys). Pseudonymous female author of a work in Pythagorean spirit, Περὶ γυναικὸς σωφροσύνας (
Perì gynaikòs sōphrosýnas, 'On the self-control of women'; two relatively long fragments in Doric dialect are preserved in Stob. 4,23,61): a woman's characteristic virtue is self-control; some particular traits and abilities are common to both men and women, others are either male or female; philosophizing is common to both. A woman attains the good specific to her by means of fi…
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Cleinias
(469 words)
(Κλεινίας;
Kleinías). [German version] [1] Friend of Solon, heard of the seisáchtheia in advance and was able to unjustly enrich himself One of Solon's, friends, who heard of the
seisáchtheia in advance and, therefore, was able to unjustly enrich himself (Plut. Solon 15,6-9; cf. [Aristot.] Ath. Pol. 6,2). The story was probably invented in the late 5th cent. BC to discredit the descendants of these men (e.g., Alci…
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Myia
(115 words)
[German version] (Μυῖα;
Myîa). Daughter of Pythagoras and Theano, according to Porph. Vita Pythagorica 4 (cf. Anon. Photii p. 237,16 Thesleff = Phot. Bibl. 249, VII p. 126,31 Henry; Suda s.v. M.), according to Iambl. VP 267 wife of Milon [2] of Croton. Perhaps she is the one referred to in Timaeus' report (FGrH 566 F 131 = Porph. ibid.) that Pythagoras' daughter, as a maiden, was the leader of the maidens in Croton, and as a woman she led the women. A pseudepigraphic letter to Phyllis regarding the proper choice of a nurse is found in [1]. Riedweg, Christoph (Zürich) Bibliography
1 A. Städele, D…
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Pythagorean School
(1,635 words)
For the problematic nature of the tradition, see Pythagoras [2] A. [German version] A. B…
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