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Metapontum or
Metapontium (Ancient Gr****: Μεταπόντιον, romanized: Metapontion) was an
important city of
Magna Graecia,
situated on the gulf of Tarentum...
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Hippasus of
Metapontum (/ˈhɪpəsəs/; Gr****: Ἵππασος ὁ Μεταποντῖνος, Híppasos; c. 530 – c. 450 BC) was a Gr****
philosopher and
early follower of Pythagoras...
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Achaeans founded Sybaris, Poseidonia, Kroton,
Lokroi Epizephyrioi, and
Metapontum;
tarantini and
thuriots found Herakleia. The Gr****
colonization placed...
- may have been
killed during this ****cution, or he may have
escaped to
Metapontum and died there. In antiquity,
Pythagoras was
credited with many mathematical...
- An ear of barley,
symbol of
wealth in the city of
Metapontum in
Magna Graecia (i.e. the Gr****
colonies of
southern Italy),
stamped stater, c. 530–510 BCE...
- Basilicata. The
frazione of
Metaponto is the site of the
ancient city of
Metapontum.
Until the 15th century, it was
called Camarda. It is home to a castle...
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integer multiples of a
common subunit.
According to one legend,
Hippasus of
Metapontum (ca. 470 B.C.) was
drowned at sea for
making known the
existence of the...
- Laevinus, and the
combined forces of Gr****s from Epirus, Tarentum, Thurii,
Metapontum, and
Heraclea under the
command of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.
Although the...
- time or cir****stances of this discovery, but the name of
Hippasus of
Metapontum is
often mentioned. For a while, the
Pythagoreans treated as an official...
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numbers is
usually attributed to a
Pythagorean (possibly
Hippasus of
Metapontum), who
probably discovered them
while identifying sides of the pentagram...
