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Peithagoras

Πειθαγόρας

or PEITHA'GORES (Πειθαγόρας, Πειθαγόρης).

1. A tyrant of Selinus in Sicily, from whom the Selinuntians freed themselves (B. C. 519) by the help of Euryleon of Sparta (Hdt. 5.46; Plut. Lyc. 20). [DORIEUS; EURYLEON.]

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.