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Metapontum or
Metapontium (Ancient Gr****: Μεταπόντιον, romanized: Metapontion) was an
important city of
Magna Graecia,
situated on the gulf of Tarentum...
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Hippasus of
Metapontum (/ˈhɪpəsəs/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἵππασος ὁ Μεταποντῖνος, Híppasos; c. 530 – c. 450 BC) was a Gr****
philosopher and
early follower of...
- Laevinus, and the
combined forces of Gr****s from Epirus, Tarentum, Thurii,
Metapontum, and
Heraclea under the
command of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.
Although the...
- may have been
killed during this ****cution, or he may have
escaped to
Metapontum and died there.
Pythagoras influenced Plato,
whose dialogues, especially...
- Basilicata. The
nearby village of
Metaponto is the site of the
ancient city of
Metapontum.
Until the 15th century, it was
called Camarda. It is home to a castle...
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integer multiples of a
common subunit.
According to one legend,
Hippasus of
Metapontum (ca. 470 B.C.) was
drowned at sea for
making known the
existence of the...
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after that of the Euboeans,
concentrating instead on the
Ionian coast (
Metapontum, Poseidonia, Sibaris, Kroton). The
Achaeans were motivated, like others...
- Von
Fritz (1945). "The
Discovery of
Incommensurability by
Hippasus of
Metapontum".
classics in the
History of Gr**** Mathematics.
Annals of Mathematics;...
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attributed to Pythagoras, more
specifically to the
Pythagorean Hippasus of
Metapontum, who
produced a (most
likely geometrical)
proof of the
irrationality of...
- An ear of barley,
symbol of
wealth in the city of
Metapontum in
Magna Graecia (i.e. the Gr****
colonies of
southern Italy),
stamped stater, c. 530–510 BC...
