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Archytas, of Tarentum

LC control no.no 96021781
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingArchytas, of Tarentum
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Variant(s)Archytas, Tarentinus
Ps.-Archita
Ps.-Archytas
Pseudo Archita
Pseudo-Archytas
Tarentum, Archytas of
LocatedTaranto (Italy)
Birth date-0434~
Death date[-0359..]
Field of activityPhilosophy, Ancient
Profession or occupationPhilosophers
Found inPseudo Archita ... 1993: p. 13 (Archytan Tareninum) P. 7 (il pitagorico Archita) p. 9 (lo Ps.-Archita) p. 203 (Pseudo-Archytas)
OCLC, 3/28/96 (hdgs: Archytas, of Tarentum; Archytas; usage: Archytas)
Enc. Brit., 15th ed. (Archytas of Tarentum; fl. 400-350 B.C.; influential figure in public affairs; served for 7 yrs. as commander-in-chief of his city)
Enc. Amer., 1993 (Archytas of Tarentum; believed mathematics could be used as a research method in both the natural sciences and the social sciences)
Early Greek philosophy. Volume IV, Western Greek thinkers. Part 1, 2016: page 196 (Archytas of Tarentum; born ca. 435 BC, still alive in 360; friend of Plato; post-Socartic, but associated with the Pythagorean tradition)
Not found inAcad. Amer. enc., 1995.
Associated languagegrc