The Successors to Pythagoras

Aristæus was the successor of Pythagoras.

He was the son of Damophon the Crotonian, who lived at the same time as Pythagoras, was seven ages prior to Plato.

Aristæus was eminently skilled in the Pythagoric dogmas. This made him:

• worthy to succeed Pythagoras in his school,
• educate his children,
• marry his wife Theano

Pythagoras himself taught in Aristaeus’ school. But Aristæus, when much advanced in 189 years, relinquished the school.

After him, Mnesarchus, the son of Pythagoras, succeeded.

Bulagoras succeeded Mnesarchus, in whose time it happened that the city of the Crotonians was plundered.

Gartydas the Crotonian succeeded Bulagoras, on his return from a journey which he had undertaken prior to the war.

Because of the calamity of his country, he suffered so much anxiety and died prematurely through grief.

But it was the custom with the Pythagoreans to liberate themselves when they became very old from the body as from a prison.

Some time after, Aresas Lucanus was saved through certain foreigners and managed the school. To him came Diodorus Aspendius, who was received into the school, on account of the paucity of the Pythagoreans it contained.

In Heraclea were Clinias and Philolaus. But at Metapontum, Theorides and Eurytus. At Tarentum Archytas.

Epicharmus was one of the foreign auditors. But that he was not one of the school.

Having however arrived at Syracuse, he abstained from philosophizing openly, on account of the tyranny of Hiero. But he inserted the conceptions of the men in metre, and published in comedies the occult dogmas of Pythagoras.

Many Pythagoreans are unknown and anonymous. But the following are the names of those that are known and celebrated.

Of the Crotonians:

• Hippostratus, Dymas, Ægon, Æmon, Sillus, Cleosthenes, Agelas, Episylus, Phyciadas, Ecphantus, Timæus, Buthius, Eratus, Itmæus, Rhodippus, Bryas, Evandrus, Myllias, Antimedon, Ageas, Leophron, Agylus, Onatus, Hipposthenes, Cleophron, Alcmæon, Damocles, Milon, Menon.

Of the Metapontines:

• Brontinus, Parmiseus, Orestadas, Leon, Damarmenus, Æneas, Chilas, Melisias, Aristeas, Laphion, Evandrus, Agesidamus, Xenocades, Euryphemus, Aristomenes, Agesarchus, Alceas, Xenophantes, Thraseus, Arytus, Epiphron, Eiriscus, Megistias, Leocydes, Thrasymedes, Euphemus, Procles, Antimenes, Lacritus, Damotages, Pyrrho, Rhexibius, Alopecus, Astylus, Dacidas, Aliochus, Lacrates, Glycinus.

Of the Agrigentines:

• Empedocles

Of the Eleatæ:

• Parmenides

Of the Tarentines:

• Philolaus, Eurytus, Archytas, Theodorus, Aristippus, Lycon, Hestiæus, Polemarchus, Asteas, Clinias, Cleon, Eurymedon, Arceas, Clinagoras, Archippus, Zopyrus, Euthynus, Dicæarchus, Philonidas, Phrontidas, Lysis, Lysibius, Dinocrates, Echecrates, Paction, Acusiladas, Icmus, Pisicrates, Clearatus.

Of the Leontines:

• Phrynichus, Smichias, Aristoclidas, Clinias, Abroteles, Pisyrrhydus, Bryas, Evandrus, Archemachus, Mimnomachus, Achmonidas, Dicas, Carophantidas.

Of the Sybarites:

• Metopus, Hippasus, Proxenus, Evanor, Deanax, 191 Menestor, Diocles, Empedus, Timasius, Polemæus, Evæus, Tyrsenus.

Of the Carthaginians:

• Miltiades, Anthen, Odius, Leocritus. Of the Parians, Æetius, Phænecles, Dexitheus, Alcimachus, Dinarchus, Meton, Timæus, Timesianax, Amærus, Thymaridas.

Of the Locrians:

• Gyptius, Xenon, Philodamus, Evetes, Adicus, Sthenonidas, Sosistratus, Euthynus, Zaleucus, Timares.

Of the Posidonians:

• Athamas, Simus, Proxenus, Cranous, Myes, Bathylaus, Phædon. Of the Lucani, Ocellus and Occillus who were brothers, Oresandrus, Cerambus, Dardaneus, Malion. Of the Ægeans, Hippomedon, Timosthenes, Euelthon, Thrasydamus, Crito, Polyctor.

Of the Lacones:

• Autocharidas, Cleanor, Eurycrates. Of the Hyperboreans, Abaris. Of the Rheginenses, Aristides, Demosthenes, Aristocrates, Phytius, Helicaon, Mnesibulus, Hipparchides, Athosion, Euthycles, Opsimus. Of the Selinuntians, Calais. Of the Syracusans, Leptines, Phintias, Damon.

Of the Samians:

• Melissus, Lacon, Archippus, Glorippus, Heloris, Hippon, Of the Caulonienses, Callibrotus, Dicon, Nastas, Drymon, Xentas.

Of the Phliasians:

• Diocles, Echecrates, Polymnastus, Phanton. Of the Sicyonians, Poliades, Demon, Sostratius, Sosthenes.

Of the Cyrenæans:

• Prorus, Melanippus, Aristangelus, Theodorus. Of the Cyziceni, Pythodorus, Hipposthenes, Butherus, Xenophilus.

Of the Catanæi:

• Charondas, Lysiades. Of the Corinthians, 192 Chrysippus. Of the Tyrrhenians, Nausitheus.

Of the Athenians:

• Neocritus. And of Pontus, Lyramnus.

These are the 218 most famous Pythagoreans.

But the most illustrious Pythagorean women are:

1. Timycha, the wife of Myllias the Crotonian
2. Philtis, the daughter of Theophrius the Crotonian
3. Byndacis, the sister of Ocellus and Occillus
4. Lucanians
5. Chilonis, the daughter of Chilon the Spartan
6. Cratesiclea the Spartan, the wife of Cleanor the Spartan
7. Theano, the wife of Brontinus of Metapontum
8. Mya, the wife of Milon the Crotonian
9. Lasthenia the Arcadian
10. Abrotelia, the daughter of Abroteles the Tarentine
11. Echecratia the Phliasian
12. Tyrsenis, the Sybarite
13. Pisirrhonde, the Tarentine
14. Nisleadusa, the Spartan
15. Bryo, the Argive
16. Babelyma, the Argive
17. Cleæchma, the sister of Autocharidas the Spartan