Alexicrates
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Alexicrates was a Pythagorean
philosopher who lived at the time of Plutarch
(that is, around the turn of the 1st century), and whose disciples continued to observe the ancient diet of the Pythagoreans, abstaining from fish altogether. Another person of this name occurs in Plutarch
.
Pythagoreanism
Pythagoreanism was the system of esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans, who were considerably influenced by mathematics. Pythagoreanism originated in the 5th century BCE and greatly influenced Platonism...
philosopher who lived at the time of Plutarch
Plutarch
Plutarch then named, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus , c. 46 – 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia...
(that is, around the turn of the 1st century), and whose disciples continued to observe the ancient diet of the Pythagoreans, abstaining from fish altogether. Another person of this name occurs in Plutarch
Plutarch
Plutarch then named, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus , c. 46 – 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia...
.