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Last Updated on 15 Mar 2017

Author: Jessica Piccinini

CAPInv. 1073: hoi Pythagoreioi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Southern Italy with Sicily
ii. Region Basilicata
iii. Site Herakleia

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ Πυθαγόρειοι (Iambl. VP 267 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 266.
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).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Iambl. VP 266.

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, whose followers shared common lifestyle, a doctrine and properties, at least for a period.