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Geographical area |
Southern Italy with Sicily
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Region |
Calabria
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Site |
Kroton
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Full name (original language) |
οἱ Πυθαγόρειοι (Iambl. VP 267 et passim)
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Full name (transliterated) |
hoi Pythagoreioi
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Name in other forms |
οἱ Πυθαγορικοί (Iambl. VP 237 et passim)
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Name elements |
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Descriptive terms |
ἑταιρεία, hetaireia
σχολή, schole
σύστημα, systema
αἵρεσις, hairesis
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Note |
hetaireia: Iambl. VP 254.
schole: Iambl. VP 265.
systema: Iambl. VP 266.
hairesis: Iambl. VP 251.
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Source(s) |
Iambl. VP 29; 264-267
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Source type(s) |
Literary source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Iamb. is a historical-philosophical treatise in Greek.
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References to buildings/objects |
Iambl. VP 264: the source refers to a temple of the Muses built at Pythagorikoi's suggestion.
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Founder(s) |
Pythagoras
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Gender |
Male
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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).
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Gender |
Men
Women
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Note |
Iambl. VP 267.
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Worship |
Muses
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Deities worshipped |
Muses
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Comments |
Iambl. VP 267 contains a list of Pythagorean groups organized according to place.
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Bibliography |
Giangiulio, M. (1991), Giamblico, La vita pitagorica, Milano: 62-81.
Mele, A. (2013), Pitagora, filosofo e maestro di verità, xvi-xvii.
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Private association |
Probable
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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, whose followers shared common lifestyle, a doctrine and properties, at least for a period.
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