Archytas of Tarentum: Pythagorean, Philosopher and Mathematician King

Author/Contributor(s):	Carl, Huffman
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	09/09/2010
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Archytas of Tarentum was a central figure in fourth-century Greek life and thought and the last great philosopher in the early Pythagorean tradition. He solved a famous mathematical puzzle, saved Plato from the tyrant of Syracuse, led a powerful Greek city state, and was the subject of three books by Aristotle. This first extensive study of Archytas' work in any language presents a radically new interpretation of his significance for fourth-century Greek thought and his relationship to Plato, as well as a full commentary on all the fragments and testimonia.