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Pherecydes of Athens ( grc, Φερεκύδης) (fl. c. 465 BC), described as an historian and genealogist, wrote an ancient work in ten books, now lost, variously titled "Historiai" (''Ἱστορίαι'') or "Genealogicai" (''Γενελογίαι''). He is one of the authors (= ''
FGrHist ''Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker'', commonly abbreviated ''FGrHist'' or ''FGrH'' (''Fragments of the Greek Historians''), is a collection by Felix Jacoby of the works of those ancient Greek historians whose works have been lost, but of w ...
'' 3) whose fragments were collected in Felix Jacoby's ''Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker''. He is generally thought to be different from the sixth-century
Pre-Socratic philosopher Pre-Socratic philosophy, also known as early Greek philosophy, is ancient Greek philosophy before Socrates. Pre-Socratic philosophers were mostly interested in cosmology, the beginning and the substance of the universe, but the inquiries of the ...
Pherecydes of Syros Pherecydes of Syros (; grc-gre, Φερεκύδης ὁ Σύριος; fl. 6th century BCE) was an Ancient Greek mythographer and proto- philosopher from the island of Syros. Little is known about his life and death. Some ancient testimonies c ...
, who was sometimes mentioned as one of the
Seven Sages of Greece The Seven Sages (of Greece) or Seven Wise Men ( Greek: ''hoi hepta sophoi'') was the title given by classical Greek tradition to seven philosophers, statesmen, and law-givers of the 7–6th century BC who were renowned for their wisdom. T ...
and was reputed to have been the teacher of
Pythagoras Pythagoras of Samos ( grc, Πυθαγόρας ὁ Σάμιος, Pythagóras ho Sámios, Pythagoras the Samian, or simply ; in Ionian Greek; ) was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism. His poli ...
. Although the ''
Suda The ''Suda'' or ''Souda'' (; grc-x-medieval, Σοῦδα, Soûda; la, Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souida ...
'' considers them separately, he is possibly the same person as Pherecydes of Leros.Sweeney
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Suda The ''Suda'' or ''Souda'' (; grc-x-medieval, Σοῦδα, Soûda; la, Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souida ...
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* Bollansée, Jan, "Hermippos of Smyrna" in ''Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker, Continued, Part Four, Biography and Antiquarian Literature'' Edited by G. Schepens, BRILL, 1999. . * Fowler, Robert L. (1999), "The Authors named Pherecydes", ''Mnemosyne'', Fourth Series, Vol. 52, Fasc. 1 (Feb., 1999), pp. 1-15. . * Fowler, Robert. L. (2000), ''Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1: Text and Introduction'', Oxford University Press, 2000. . * Fowler, Robert. L. (2013), ''Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary'', Oxford University Press, 2013. . * Gantz, Timothy, ''Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources'', Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2). * Hawes, Greta, ''Myths on the Map: The Storied Landscapes of Ancient Greece'', Oxford University Press, 2017. . * Huxley, George, "The Date of Pherekydes of Athens", ''Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies'' 14 (1973:137–43). * Jacoby, F., "The First Athenian Prose Writer", in ''Mnemosyne'', Third Series, Vol. 13, Fasc. 1 (1947), pp. 13-64. . * Purves, Alex C., ''Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative'', Cambridge University Press, 2010. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Pherecydes of Athens Ancient Athenian historians 5th-century BC historians Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown