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Another fragment of Aristophon's Pythagorist reports that the Pythagoreans have a far different existence in the underworld than others, in that they feast with Hades because of their piety, but this just occasions the remark that Hades is an unpleasant god to enjoy the company of such filthy wretches (Fr. 12 = Diogenes Laertius VIII 38).
Pythagoreanism Huffman, Carl 2006
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“Pythagorist” is usually negative in the comic writers
Pythagoreanism Huffman, Carl 2006
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Pythagorist suggests that this ascetic life was based on poverty rather than philosophical scruple and that, if you put meat and fish in front of these Pythagorists, they would gobble them down (Fr. 9
Pythagoreanism Huffman, Carl 2006
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