In Aureum Pythagoreorum Carmen Commentarius (Bibliotheca Teubneriana) - Hardcover

Hierocles; Koehler, F. W.

 
9783519014102: In Aureum Pythagoreorum Carmen Commentarius (Bibliotheca Teubneriana)
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ISBN 10: 3519014106 ISBN 13: 9783519014102
Publisher: K G Saur Verlag Gmbh & Co, 1998

Synopsis

The Golden Verses constitute the oldest extant Pythagorean teaching. Delivered by Pythagoras (6th century B.C.E.) and codified by his disciples, they convey the essential core of the exemplary way of life he initiated at Crotona. Hierocles composed his commentary on the Golden Verses at some time between 415 C.E. and 450 while he occupied the successor's chair of the Alexandrian Academy, the direct offshoot of the Platonic Academy in Athens. The translation of the commentary included here is adapted from that of N. Rowe. The text and the commentary are prefaced by an illuminating essay on "Pythagoras and His School" by Raghavan Iyer, President of The Pythagorean Sangha.

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Text: Greek

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Publisher
K G Saur Verlag Gmbh & Co
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3519014106
ISBN 13 
9783519014102
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
135

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