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Life of Pythagoras (Porphyry)
Πυθαγόρου βίος
It covers the origin, education, arrival in Italy, the marvels (the Daunian she-bear, the fish, the greeting of the river Caucasus, the simultaneous presence in Metapontum and Tauromenium), the teaching through symbols, Pythagorean friendship and Cylon's conspiracy, naming its sources: Aristoxenus, Dicaearchus, Nicomachus, Neanthes, Antonius Diogenes. Its Greek text survives almost complete.
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Authorship note
A work by the Neoplatonist Porphyry of Tyre (c. 234–305 CE), surviving as a fragment of his History of Philosophy. Shorter and more sober than Iamblichus', it transmits verbatim quotations from ancient authors, notably Dicaearchus' summary of Pythagoras' doctrine (§ 19), one of the most valuable reports in existence.
Editions and translations
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English
The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library
Phanes Press, 1987
Translation: Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie, Thomas Taylor y Arthur Fairbanks
ISBN 9780933999510
Ed. David R. Fideler; incluye las vidas de Porfirio y Jámblico, los Versos de oro y fragmentos pitagóricos.
Griego antiguo
Pythagoras
Πυθαγόρου βίος (ed. A. Nauck, 1886)
The Conscious LibraryΠυθαγόρου βίος (ed. A. Nauck, 1886)
Wikisource en griego, 1886
Texto griego de la edición Teubner de Nauck.
Español
Pythagoras
Vida de Pitágoras. Argonáuticas órficas. Himnos órficos
The Conscious LibraryVida de Pitágoras. Argonáuticas órficas. Himnos órficos
Gredos (Biblioteca Clásica Gredos), 1991
Translation: Miguel Periago Lorente
ISBN 9788424912345
Primera edición en 1987; el registro de Open Library corresponde a 1991.
Vidas de Pitágoras
Atalanta, 2011
Translation: David Hernández de la Fuente
ISBN 9788493846664
Reúne las vidas de Diógenes Laercio, Porfirio y Jámblico y otros testimonios.
Other works by Pythagoras
- Golden Verses · 300
- Akousmata and symbola · 500
- On the Pythagorean Life (Iamblichus) · 300
- Life of Pythagoras (Diogenes Laertius, Lives VIII 1–50) · 230
- Testimonies of his contemporaries (Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Ion of Chios, Herodotus) · 450
- Aristotle's testimonies on the Pythagoreans · 340
- Sacred Discourse (Hieros logos) · 300
- Books on Education, Politics and Nature · 300
- Letters of Pythagoras · 100
- Pseudo-Pythagorean writings · 200
- Fragments of Philolaus of Croton · 420
Sources
- Porfirio. Vida de Pitágoras (Πυθαγόρου βίος), c. 270–300 d. C.; texto griego de A. Nauck, Porphyrii philosophi Platonici opuscula selecta, 2.ª ed., Teubner, Leipzig, 1886 (Wikisource en griego). Recoge fragmentos de Aristóxeno, Dicearco, Nicómaco y Antonio Diógenes.
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