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Sybarites took the
field with an army of
three hundred thousand men. The
Crotonians had but an
hundred thousand,
which were
commanded by Milo the wrestler...
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Cylon of
Croton (Ancient Gr****: Κυλώνειο) was a
leading citizen of Croton,
Magna Graecia, who led a
revolt against the Pythagoreans,
probably around 509...
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Democedes of
Croton (/ˌdɛmoʊˈsiːdiːz/; Gr****: Δημοκήδης),
described in The
Histories of
Herodotus as "the most
skillful physician of his time". Democedes...
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Croton and when
Telys asked them to hand over the
Sybarite exiles, the
Crotonians refused and
Sybaris began the war.
Croton sent an army of 100,000 men...
- Myia (/ˈmaɪ.ə/;
Ancient Gr****: Μυῖα,
literally "Fly"; fl. c. 500 BC) was a
Pythagorean philosopher and,
according to
later tradition, one of the daughters...
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Eurytus (/ˈjʊərɪtəs/;
Ancient Gr****: Εὔρυτος; fl. 400 BC) was an
eminent Pythagorean philosopher from
Magna Graecia who
Iamblichus in one p****age describes...
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Phintys was a
Pythagorean philosopher,
probably from the
third century BC. She
wrote a work on the
correct behaviour of women, two
extracts of
which are...
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Alcmaeon of
Croton (/ælkˈmiːɒn/; Gr****: Ἀλκμαίων ὁ Κροτωνιάτης, Alkmaiōn, gen.: Ἀλκμαίωνος; fl. 5th
century BC) was an
early Gr****
medical writer and ...
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Aristomachus (or Aristomachos) was an
ancient Gr****
leader of the po****r
party at
Croton in the
Hannibalian war,
about 215 BC. At that time
nearly all...
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Arignote or
Arignota (/ˌærɪɡˈnoʊtiː, ˌærɪɡˈnoʊtə/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἀριγνώτη, Arignṓtē; fl. c. 500 BC) was a
Pythagorean philosopher from Croton,
Magna Graecia...
