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Last Updated on 15 Mar 2017

Author: Jessica Piccinini

CAPInv. 1062: hoi Pythagoreioi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Southern Italy with Sicily
ii. Region Calabria
iii. Site Rhegion

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ Πυθαγόρειοι (Iambl. VP 250 et passim)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi Pythagoreioi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) v BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms οἱ Πυθαγορικοί (Iambl. VP 237 et passim)
ii. Name elements
Personal:Pythagoras
iii. Descriptive terms ἑταιρεία, hetaireia
σχολή, schole
σύστημα, systema
αἵρεσις, hairesis
Note hetaireia: Iambl. VP 254
schole: Iambl. VP 265
systema: Iambl. VP 266
hairesis: Iambl. VP 251

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Iambl. VP 250-251; 267
i.a. Source type(s) Literary source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek, historical-philosophical treatise.

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Pythagoras
Gender Male
iii. Members Several times referred to as ζηλωταί, zelotai ('followers': Iambl. VP 29; 80; 266) and οἱ ἑταῖροι, hoi hetairoi ('fellows': Iambl. VP 27; 95; 145; 193; 223) and simply ἄνθρωποι, anthropoi ('men': Iambl. VP 28, 31, 44).
vi. Laws and rules According to Iambl. VP 251 they were used to living together (διέτριβον μετ’ἀλλήλων, dietribon met' allelon).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Iambl. VP 267.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Iambl. VP 267 contains a list of Pythagorean groups organized according to place.
iii. Bibliography Giangiulio, M. (1991), Giamblico, La vita pitagorica, Milano: 62-81.
Mele, A. (2013), Pitagora, filosofo e maestro di verità, xvi-xvii.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note A variety of terms is used to define this group and its members. We are very likely dealing with a private association because of the sectarian character of this group, the followers of which shared common lifestyle, a doctrine and properties, at least for a period.