Pythagoras held that there are three sorts of men, just as there are three classes of strangers who go to the Olympic games. There are the lovers of gain who come to buy and sell, the lovers of honour ...
1. Introduction -- 2. Some dates concerning Pythagoras and the Pythagorean society -- 3. The survival of Pythagoreanism after the fourth century B.C -- 4. The testimony of coins with regard to early ...