Pherecydes
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Pherecydes was the name of:
- Pherecydes of SyrosPherecydes of SyrosPherecydes of Syros was a Greek thinker from the island of Syros, of the 6th century BC. Pherecydes authored the Pentemychos or Heptamychos, one of the first attested prose works in Greek literature, which formed an important bridge between mythic and pre-Socratic thought.- Life :Very little is...
, a pre-Socratic philosopher and author from the island of Syros, by some believed to have influenced Pythagoras - Pherecydes of LerosPherecydes of LerosPherecydes of Leros was a Greek mythographer and logographer. He came from the island of Leros. Pherecydes spent the greater part of his working life in Athens, and so he was also called Pherecydes of Athens: the encyclopedic Byzantine Suda consider Pherecydes of Athens and of Leros...
, an historian and mythologic writer from the island of Leros close to Miletos
- Pherecydes (spider), a spider genus (Thomisidae)