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Figure 20. MAP OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

INDEX OF PROPER NAMES

Abaris the Hyperborean, 80-81, 109-10, 121;
called air-walker, 91, 129
Abroteles, 121
Abrotelia, 122
Achmonidas, 121
Acusiladas, 121
Adicus, 121
Aeetius, 121
Aegon, 121
Aemon, 121
Aeneas, 121
Aethalides, 132, 142
Ageas, 121
Agelas, 121
Agesarchus, 121
Agesidamus, 121
Agylus, 121
Alcaeus, 99
Alceas, 121
Alcimachus, 119, 121
Alcimadas, 156
Alcmaeon, 28, 83, 121
Alexander, 148
Aliochus, 121
Alopecus, 121
Amaerus, 121
Amasis, 124, 141
Ammonius Saccas, 41
Anaxagoras, 156
Anaximander, 59, 123
Anaximenes, 155
Ancaeus, 58, 123
Androcles, 125
Androcydes, 93
Andron, 49
Antimedon, 121
Antimenes, 121
Anthen, 121
Antiphon, 124, 141
Apollodorus, 144
Apollonius, 40, 117, 123
Arceas, 121
Archemachus, 121
Archippus, 117, 121, 134-35, 152
Archytas, 37-38, 83, 105, 117, 120, 121;
fragments, 177-201
Aresas, 120
Arignota, 124
Arimnestus, 123
Aristaeus, 83, 120
Aristangelus, 121
Aristeas, 91, 121
Aristides, 121
Aristippus, 121, 147
Aristocleia, 131
Aristoclidas, 121
Aristocrates, 89, 100, 121
Aristomenes, 121
Aristotle, 49, 63, 145-46, 149; interest in the
Pythagorean school; on Limit and Unlimited, 23; writings on the Pythagoreans
Aristoxenus, 38-39, 49, 113, 117, 125, 127,
135, 141, 145-46, 154; fragments, 243
Arytus, 121
Asteas, 121
Aston, 143
Astraeus, 125
Astylus, 121
Athamas, 121
Athosion, 121
Augustine, 42
Austophon, 151
Auticlides, 144
Autocharidas, 121

Babelyma, 122
Bathylaus, 121
Bias, 59
Bitale, 93
Boethius, 43
Brontinus, 121, 152
Bryas, 121
Bryo, 122
Brysson, 83
Bulagoras, 120
Butherus, 121
Buthius, 121
Byndacis, 122

Calais, 121
Callibrotus, 121
Callicratidas, fragments, 235-37
Carophantidas, 121
Cebes, 38
Cerambus, 121
Charondas, 83, 89, 100, 122. 145; fragments,
231-33
Chilas, 121
Chilonis, 122
Chrysippus, 122
Cicero, 40
Cleaechmas, 122
Cleanor, 121
C1earatus, 121
Clement, 42
Cleon, 121
Cleophron, 121
Cleosthenes, 121
Clinagoras, 121
Clinias, 105, 114, 120-21; fragments, 265
Cornford, F.M., 22, 48
Cranous, 121
Cratesiclea, 122
Cratinus, 151
Crito, 121; fragments, 251-52
Cronius, 41
Cylon, 37, 75, 116, 119, 134

Dacidas, 121
Damarmenus, 121
Damocles, 121
Damo, 93, 152
Damon, 113, 121, 135
Damotages, 121
Dardaneus, 121
Deanax, 121
Delatte, Armand, 163
Democedes, 119
Democritus, 123
Demon, 121
Demosthenes. 121
Dexithes, 121
Dicaerchus, 49, 121, 126, 152
Dicas, 121
Dicon, 121
Dillon, 40
Dimachus, 119
Dinarchus, 120-21
Dinocrates, 121
Diocles, 117, 154, 121
Diodorus, 119-20
Diogenes. 125, 129
Diogenes Laertius, 141
Dion, 105
Dionysius, 103-104, 113, 135
Dionysophanes, 125
Diotogenes, fragments, 221-24
d'Olivet, Fabre, 13
Drymon, 121
Duris, 123
Dymas, 121

Echecrates, 38, 117, 121, 154
Echecratia, 122
Ecphantus, 121; fragments, 257-259
Eiriscus, 121
E1ecaon, 89
Empedocles, 83, 121, 152, 155-56; called wind-stiller, 91, 129
Empedus, 121
Epaminondas, 117, 134, 143
Epichannus, 120
Epimenides, 83, 110, 142; called expiator, 91, 129
Epiphron, 121
Episylus, 121
Eratosthenes, 154
Eratas, 121
Eubulus, 89
Eudorus, 40
Eudoxus, 124
Euelthon, 121
Eunomus, 141
Eunostus, 123, 125
Euphemus, 121
Euphorbus, 71, 132, 142
Eurycrates, 121
Eurymedon , 121
Eurymenes, 103•104, 126
Euryphamus, 102-03; fragments, 245-46
Euryphemus, 121
Eurytus, 83, 91, 94, 120, 121, 154
Euthycles, 121
Euthynus, 121
Evaeus, 121
Evandrus, 121
Evanor, 121
Evetes, 121

Favorinus, 144, 154
Ficino, Marsilio, 13, 42

Gartydas, 120
Glorippus, 121
Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan, 13, 17
Glycinus, 121
Gyptius, 121

Hall, Manly P., 13
Helicaon, 100, 121
Heloris, 121
Heracleides, 33, 142-43, 152-53
Heraclitus, 142, 142n
Hermippus, 141, 144, 152, 156
Hermodamas, 123, 126
Hermotimus, 132, 142
Hestiaeus, 121
Hiero, 120
Hierocles, ethical fragments, 275-86
Hieronymus, 147
Hipparchides, 121
Hipparchus, 75, 152; fragments, 247-48
Hippasus, 83, 119, 121, 143
Hippobotus, 103, 135, 152
Hippodamus, fragments, 215-20
Hippodomas, 77
Hippomedon, 79, 121
Hippon, 121
Hipposthenes, 121
Hippostratus, 121

Iambkichus, 42, 271, 321
Icmus, 121
Itmaeus, 121

Justin Martyr, 42

Lacon, 121
Lacrates, 121
Lacritus, 121
Laphion, 121
Lasthenia, 122
Leocritus, 121
Leocydes, 121
Leon, 121
Leophron, 121
Leptines, 121
Leucippus, 83
Levy, Ernst, 48
Litagus, 120
Lycon, 121
Lycus, 124
Lyramnus, 122
Lysiades, 122
Lysibius, 121
Lysis, 38, 75, 83, 102-03, 121, 134-35, 143,
152

Macrobius, 42
Malion 121
Marmacus, 141
Martianus Capella, 42-43
Medici, Cosimo de', 42
Megistias, 121
Melanippus, 121
Melisias, 121
Melissus, 121
Menestor, 121
Menon, 121
Meton, 119, 121
Metopus, 121; fragments, 249
Milo, 83, 117, 134, 151-52
Milon, 121
Miltiades, 89, 121
Mimnomachus, 121
Mnesarchus (father of Pythagoras), 58-59,
123, 125, 141; (son of Pythagoras), 120,
137
Mnesibulus, 121
Mnesimachus, 151
Moderatus, 41
Moses, 60
Mya, 122
Myes, 121
Myia, 124, 137
Myllia, 135
Myllias, 103-04

Nastas, 121
Nausitheus, 122
Nausithus, 89
Neanthes, 103, 123, 135, 155
Neocritus, 122
Nicomachus, 41, 117, 126, 135
Nigidius Figulus, 40
Ninon, 119
Nisleadusa, 122
Numenius, 41

Ocellus. 121; On the Nature of the Universe.
203; On Laws, 213
Occillus, 121
Odius, 121
Onatus, 121
Opsimus, 121
Oresandrus, 121
Orestadas, 121

Paction, 121
Parmenides, 121, 145, 155-6,
Parmiseus, 12 I
Parthenis, 58
Pempelus, fragments, 261
Perialus, 75
Perictyone, fragments, 239-41
Phaedon, 121
Phaenec1es, 121
Phalaris, 109-10
Phanto, 117
Phanton, 121, 154
Pherecydes, 59, 102, 116-7, 123, 126, 134,
141, 152
Philo, 40
Philodamus, 121
Philolaus, 38, 83, 94, 105, 120-1, 154;
fragments, 167-75; music heard near his
tomb, 91
Philonidas, 121
Philostratus, 40
Philtis, 122
Phintias, 113, 121, 135
Photius, 137
Phrontidas, 121
Phrynichus, 121
Phyntis, fragments, 263
Phytius, 89, 100, 121
Pisicrates, 121
Pisirrhonde, 122
Pisyrrhydus, 121
Plato, 38, 52, 105, 299; letter to Archytas,
177-8
Plotinus, 42
Plutarch, 40-1
Polemaeus, 121
Polemarchus, 121
Poliades, 121
Polus, fragments, 235

Rhexibius. 121
Rhodippus, 121

Sara, 137
Sextus, Pythagorean Sentences, 267-71
Sillus, 121
Simmias, 38
Simus, 121, 124
Smichias, 121
Sosicrates, 143
Sosistratus, 121
Sosthenes, 121
Sostratius, 121
Speusippus, 38
Spintharus, 105
Sthenidas, fragments, 255
Sthenonidas, 121
Syllus, 94

Taylor, Thomas, 13
Te1auges, 93, 124, 137, 152-3
Thales, 59, 125
Theaetetus, 100, 154
Theages, 119; fragments, 225-8
Theano, 90, 120, 122, 124, 137, 152-3
Themistoclea, 147
Theoc1es, 89
Theodorus, 121
Theon, 41; on the Tetraktys, 317-9
Theorides, 120
Thesleff, Holger, 39
Thestor, 114
Thompson, Francis, 44
Thraseus, 121
Thrasydamus, 121
Thrasymedes, 121
Thymaridas, 83, 93, 114, 121
Timaeus (of Croton), 121; (of Locri), On the World and the Soul, 287-96; (the Parian), 121; (of Tauromenium), 49, 124, 144, 155
Timares, 89, 121
Timaratus, 100
Timasius, 121
Timesianax, 121
Timon, 150
Timosthenes, 121
Timycha, 103-4, 122, 135
Tyrrhenus, 123, 125, 141
Tyrsenis, 122
Tyrsenus, 121

Whitehead, Alfred North, 19

Xenocades, 121
Xenon, 121
Xenophanes, 150
Xenophantes, 121
Xenophilus, 38, 117, 121, 154
Xentas, 121

Zaleucus, 83, 89, 100, 121, 145; fragments, 229-30
Zalmoxis, 83, 100, 125, 141
Zoilus, 141
Zopyrus, 121
Zoroaster, 20, 125

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INDEX OF SELECT TOPICS

Alcmaeon, 151
analogia, 29, 37
Anaximenes, Letter to, of Pythagoras, 155
Apeiron, see Unlimited
Apollo, 30; as the One, 41; see also Pythios
Apolionius of Tyana, The Life of, 40
Apothems of Aristoxenus, 243
Archytas, The Fragments of, 177-201
Arithmetic, Introduction to, 41
arithmetic mean; see mean, arithmetic
Arithmetic, On, 43
arithmology, 321; in Plutarch, 40
Athletics, On, 62

catharsis, 31, 36, 84-85
Chronicles (of Duris), 123
church fathers, 297-98
Clinias, A Fragment of, 265
Common Mathematical Science, On the, 42
Commentaries (of Favorinus), 144
Constitution of the Delians, 145
counter-earth, 129, 170, 301
Croton, 143

decad, 133, 137, 171, 175
Description of the Earth, 124
Divergence of the Academics from Plato, On
the, 41
dodecahedron, 116
dogmata agrapha, 38
doxographers, 307; fragments from, 307-314
Dream of Scipio, Commentary on the, 42
dualism, 33-34, 51-52
duality, 22
dyad, 21, 133, 137; indefinite, 24, 38, 42,
148, 308

elements, four, 174, 206-208, 291-292
Ethical Fragments of Hierocles, 275-86
Exhortation to Philosophy, 42

Fables, 123
Felicity of Families, On the, 235-37
friendship, 112-114

gematria, 41, 53
geometric mean; see mean, geometric
Geometry, Introduction to, 41
gnomon, 24, 300
Gods, Concerning the, 80, 93
Golden Verses of Pythagoras, The, 163-65
Good, On the, 41
Greek dialects, the antiquity of, 115

harmonic mean; see mean, harmonic
harmonic proportion (6:8::912), 24-28, 169,
as "metaphysical octave, " 50; see also
harmonics, musical proportions
harmonics, 24-28, 86-88
Harmonics, Manual of, 41
harmony, 22; etymology of, 51; and health,
28; and justice, 36; of Limit and
Unlimited, 168; as mediation, 25; as a
blending of opposites, 28; in the soul, 33;
and symmetry, 28
Harmony of a Woman, On the, 239-41
"Hearers;" see Pythagorean school,
akousmatikoi
Helothales, the Father of Epicharmus of Cos,
143
Hermes, 69, 149
Histories (of Lycus), 124
History of Alexander, 144
History of Philosophy in Ten Books, 42
History of Sicily, 49, 155
Hoopoe, 41
Human Life, Concerning, 245-46
Hymn to Number, 51
Hyperboreans, 13; see also Abaris

Illustrious Virtuous Men, On, 124, 141
Incredible Things Beyond Thule, On the, 125
Indestructibility of the Soul, On the, 41

justice, 253; as proportion, 33; see also, harmony,
philosophy, political, logos
Justice, On, 253

Kingdom, Concerning a, 222-224
Kingdom, On a, (of Ecphantus), 257-59
Kingdom, On a, (of Sthenidas), 255
knowledge, as harmonic element, 34
kosmos, 22, 139, 299

Laws, On, 215
Limit, 22-24, 29, 46, 168, 171-72, 182-83,
251, 301. 304
Lives of Satyrus, Epitome of the, 152
logos, 25

Marriage of Philology and Mercury, 42
Mathematics Useful for Understanding Plato,
41
mathematikoi; see Pythagorean school,
mathematikoi
maxims, Pythagorean; see Pythagorean
school, symbols and maxims
mean, arithmetic, 25; geometric, 28; harmonic,
25
microcosm, man as, 31, 139
Middle Platonism, 40-42
Miscellaneous History, 144-45, 154
monad, 40, 42, 133, 137, 148, 171, 179; as
origin of all things, 138
monochord, 24-28
Moralia, 40
Muses, the, 30
music, its effect on the soul, 34; of the spheres, 129
music theory; see harmonics
music therapy, 35, 84-85
Music, On, 43
musical proportion; see harmonic proportion
musical ratios, 168-69, 185, 191, 327; leimma
Or semitone (243:246), 27-28, 50; octave
(1:2), 25, 27; perfect fifth (2:3), 25, 27; perfect fourth (3:4), 25,
27; whole tone, 27, 28

Natural, Ethical and Divine Conceptions
which are Perceived in the Science of Numbers, On the, 42
Natural Philosophers, Account of, 147
Nature, On, (of Philolaus), 167
Nature, On, (of Pythagoras), 80
Nature of the Universe, On the. 203-11
Neoplatonism, 41-42
Neopythagoreanism, 39-42
Nicomachus' Introduction to Arithmetic. Commentary
on, 42
Number, as first principle, 301; as immanent,
34-35; as paradigm, 21, 28-30, 169, 171;
and the soul, 33; as source of divine
natures, 93; the study of, 34; as transcendent,
34-35
numbers, as emanations of the One, 11, 50
Numbers, On, 41

One, the, 11-12, 21, 133, 137, 179, 302-303,
308; above being, 41; and the Good, 38,
41; above monad and dyad, 40
oracle at Delphi, 77
Orphism, 31, 36

Parents, On, 261
Peras; see Limit
Philolaus. The Fragments of, 167-75
philosophy, aesthetic, 52; as the care of the
soul, 32-33; educational, 33-36; ethical,
37, 185-190, 225-228, 249; political,
36-37, 99-103, 190-193, 217-220,
222-224, 255, 257-259; as purification,
see catharsis; term invented by
Pythagoras, 30; as a way of life, 30-33;
of whole systems, 43-48
Physics, 156
Piety, On, 143
Place, On, 41
Platonic solids; see regular solids
poiitikoi; see Pythagorean school, politikoi
praxis, 35-36
Preface to the Laws of Charondas the Catanean.
231-33
Preface to the Laws Of Zaleucus the Locrian,
229-30
Prudence and Prosperity, On. 251-52
pseudepigrapha, 39
Pythagoras, addressed boys of Croton, 68; addressed
men of Croton, 66-68; addressed
by a river, 90, 128, 144; addressed
women of Croton, 69-70; addressed young
men of Croton, 65-66; Anaximenes, Letter
10, 155; as the offspring of Apollo, 58,
123; Athletics, On, 62; his birth, 58-59;
biographical sources of information, 49;
brought down eagle, 71, 127-28; Croton,
143; cured by music, 72; descent to underworld,
147, 152; his diet, 130; dietary suggestions,
84; Education. On, 143; his
family, 152-53; Gods. On the, 80, 93;
received golden dart from Abaris the
Hyperborean, 92; possessed a golden t
high, 90, 128, 144; Golden Verses.
163-65; Helothales. the Father of
Epicharmus of Cos, 143; initiations in
Crete, 126; journey to Egypt, 60-61;
meaning of his name, 147; antiquity of
"miracle stories, " 49; use of music,
84-86, 129-30; heard the music of the
spheres, 72; Na1J4re, On, 80, 143-142; his
use of number, 133; his past lives, 71,
132, 142.312; personal habits, 146; Soul,
On the, 143; spoke against Phalaris,
109-110; called himself a philosopher,
143; Politics, On, 143; predicted number
of fish in net, 65, 128; religious observations,
94-96; Sacred Discourse, 93, 95,
119; Sacred Poem, 143; seen in two places
at once, 90, 128; spoke to an ox, 71, 127;
studies in Egypt and Babylonia, 61; tamed
wild bear, 70, 127; transmigration,
126; Universe, On the, 143; various
Pythagorases, 154; writings of, 142-43;
wrote poems under the name of Orpheus,
19, 143
Pythagoras, The Life of, (by Apollonius), 40
Pythagoras, The Life of, (by Aristoxenus),
113, 135
Pythagoras, The Life of, (by Diogenes),
141-56
Pythagoras. The Life of, (by Iamblichus),
57-122
Pythagoras, The Life of, (preserved by
Photius), 137-40
Pythagoras, The Life of, (by Porphyry),
123-35
Pythagoras. On, (by Hermippus), 144
Pythagorean, The, 151
Pythagorean Numbers. On, 38
Pythagorean school, akousmatikoi, 30-31, 63,
76, 130; cenobites, 63; daily program,
81-82; mathematikoi, 31, 76, 130, 137;
list of members, 121-22; politikoi, 31;
revolt against 37-38, 116-20, 134, 151-52;
the succession, 120; symbols or maxims,
78, 83, 131-32, 146, 159-61; teachings,
see philosophy
Pythagorean Symbols, On, 93
Pythagorean Woman, The, 151
Pythagoreans, On the, (by Aristotle), 49, 38,
63, 149
Pythios (Apollo), 147

Quadrivium, the, 34

regular solids, 34, 174, 291, 309, 315, 315
reincarnation; see transmigration
Reincarnation, On, 41
Republic, On a, 217-20
resonance, 34
Rules of Education, 145

Sacred Discourse, 93. 95, 119
Sanctity, On, 221
Secret Doctrines of Plato, On the, 41
Select Sentences of Sextus the Pythagorean.
267-70
Silli, 150
Sotion, Abridgement of. 143
soul, associated with body through number,
174; divided in three parts, 32-33
Soul, On the, 143
stereometry, 34
"Students;" see Pythagorean school.
mathematikoi
Successions of the Philosophers, (by Alexander),
148
Successions of the Philosophers. (by
Sosicrates), 143
symbols, Pythagorean; see Pythagorean school, symbols or maxims

Table of Opposites, 23, 34, 130, 301 -02
Tarentines, The, 151
temperance, 103-108; see also philosophy,
ethical, and virtues
Tetraktys, 28-30, 307-308, 312, 77; as the
"Harmony of the Sirens, " 77; symbolism
of, 29
Theology of Arithmetic (by Iamblichus), 42
Theology of Arithmetic (by Nicomachus), 41
theoria, 35-36
therapeia, 35
Tranquility, On. 247-48
transmigration, 36; see also Pythagoras, his
past lives
triad, 133, 300
Tripod, The, 49

Unlimited, 22-24, 46, 168, 171-72, 182, 251,
299-301, 304

Virtue, Concerning, 249
virtues, the 225-28. 249
Virtues, On the, 225-28

Wheel of Generation, 36
Wisdom, On, 181
Woman's Temperance. On. 263-64
World and the Soul, On the, 287-96

Y, Pythagorean The, 158

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FIGURES

FRONTISPIECE. PYTHAGORAS (From Stanley's History of Philosophy, 1687)



FIGURE 1. UNlTY, DUALITY AND HARMONY



FIGURE 2. THE PYTHAGOREAN TABLE OF OPPOSITES



FIGURE 3. SQUARE NUMBER



FIGURE 4. OBLONG NUMBER



FIGURE 5. THE MONOCHORD. String, sounding box and moveable bridge.



FIGURE 6. THE HARMONIC NODAL POINTS AND OVERTONE SERIES ON THE MONOCHORD. The above figure illustrates the reciprocal relation which exists between string length and vibrational frequency. By stopping the string at the geometrical nodal points the harmonic overtones may be individually emphasized.



FIGURE 7. THE HARMONIC PROPORTION



FIGURE 8. THE TETRAKTYS.



FIGURE 9. THE THREE LIVES



FIGURE 10.  IAMBLICHUS



FIGURE 11. COIN FROM CROTON



FIGURE 12. THE PYTHAGOREAN Y



FIGURE 13. THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES



FIGURE 14. THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES. Shown in this engraving from Renaissance Italy are Apollo, the Muses, the planetary spheres and musical ratios.



FIGURE 15. A TABLE OF TONE NUMBERS. There is evidence that this table of tone numbers is a later addition to the text. The abbreviations I. and ap. represent the two types of semitones, the leimma and the apotome respectively.



FIGURE 16. THE REGULAR SOLIDS. The regular solids, also known as the Platonic solids, were first described by Plato in his Timaeus. Plato identified the dodecahedron with the cosmic sphere (later identified with aither), and the four other solids with the four elements. Each one of the elemental "molecules" is constructed out of the triangular "atoms" shown below. The five regular solids are the only polyhedra that can be constructed out of the same regular polygons. The archetypal ratios and geometries with which they are associated underlie the structure and divisions of three-dimensional space.



DODECAHEDRON: Aither / 12 Sides
TETRAHEDRON: Fire / 4 Sides
CUBE: Earth / 6 Sides
OCTAHEDRON: Air / 8 Sides
ICOSAHEDRON : Water / 20 Sides

FIGURE 17. THE PLATONIC LAMBDA



FIGURE 18. THE DIVINE MONOCHORD. This particular monochord is tuned in the key of G, while the examples on the right and in the introduction use the key of C. The three top notes on this monochord are incorrectly placed.



FIGURE 19. THE RATIOS OF THE PYTHAGOREAN SCALE



FIGURE 20. MAP OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

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