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LYSIS OF See also:TARENTUM (d. c. 390 B.c.) , See also:Greek philosopher . His See also:life is obscure, but it is generally accepted, that in the persecution of the Pythagoreans at See also:Crotona and See also:Metapontum he escaped and went to See also:Thebes, where he came under the See also:influence of See also:Philolaus . The friend and See also:companion of See also:Pythagoras, he has been credited with many of the See also:works usually attributed to Pythagoras himself . See also:Diogenes Laertius viii . 6 gives him three, and Mullach even assigns to him the See also:Golden Verses . But it is generally held that these verses are a collection of lines by many authors rather than the See also:work of one See also:man . |
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