Pherecydes, of Syros, active 6th century B.C

LC control no.	n 88152183
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Pherecydes, of Syros, active 6th century B.C. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Ferecides, de Siro, active 6th century B.C. Pherecydes, of Syros, 6th cent. B.C. Pherekydēs, ho Syrios, active 6th century B.C. Pherekydes, of Syros, active 6th century B.C. Φερεκύδης, ὁ Σύριος, active 6th century B.C. Ferekydes, of Syros, active 6th century B.C.
Other standard no.	Q311485 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q311485 67258004 https://viaf.org/viaf/67258004 118593757 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118593757
Beginning date	-05
Associated country	Greece
Associated place	Hermoupolis (Greece)
Located	Syros Island (Greece)
Field of activity	Cosmogony Greek prose literature, Hellenistic Theology Mythology, Greek Transmigration Philosophy, Ancient
Profession or occupation	Mythologists Philosophers, Ancient Theologians Teachers Authors Mythologists
Special note	Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found in	Schibli, H. S. Pherekydes of Syros, 1989: CIP info. (Pherekydes of Syros; reputed teacher of Pythagoras; wrote a book about the birth of the gods and the origin of cosmos in the 6th cent. B.C.) Oxford classical dictionary (Pherecydes of Syros, fl. ca. 550 B.C.; early prose writer and author of "Heptamychos," a cosmogonic myth) Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th ed. (Pherecydes of Syros, fl. ca. 550 B.C.; known for his work "Heptamychos") Megalē Hellēnikē enkykl. (Pherekydēs, ancient Greek philosopher from Syros, fl. ca. 6th cent. B.C.; author of "Pentemychos") Papyros-Larous (Pherekydēs, ho Syrios, 6th cent. B.C.; wrote a work on the nature of deities (Pentemychos or Heptamychos)) La aurora del pensamiento griego, c2000: t.p. (Ferecides) p. 87 (Ferecides de Siro) Early Greek philosophy. Volume I, Beginnings and early Ionian thinkers. Part 1, 2016: page 155 (Pherecydes; active around the middle of the 6th century BC (544/40); trasitional figure between writers of theogony and cosmogony) page 156 (Pherekydes of Syros) Brill's new Pauly online, 25 October 2016 (Pherecydes; Φερεκύδης; of Syrus; mythographer and cosmologist, 6th century BC; according to one tradition the acme of his career as a writer was in the 59th Olympiad (544-541 BC)) <http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/search?s.q=pherecydes&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.brill-s-new-pauly&search-go=Search> Wikipedia, July 2016: Pherecydes of Syros (Aristotle wrote in his Metaphysics of Pherecydes being in part a mythological writer and Plutarch, in his Parallel Lives, instead wrote of him being a theologian. He was considered to have had the greater significance in teaching on the subject of metempsychosis. His writings were extant in the Hellenistic period, although only fragments have survived to the present day. His works were written in prose rather than verse and he has been said to have been the first to have communicated or conveyed philosophical musings in this form. Tradition maintains that Pherecydes lived in two caves in the northern part of the island of Syros) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pherecydes_of_Syros> Wikidata, November 2017: Pherecydes of Syros (Q311485; Place of birth: Syros; Occupation: philosopher, writer, mythographer) <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311485> Zarysy pyrrońskie, 2019: p. 393 (Ferekydes z Syros)
Associated language	grc