Acrion

{{short description|Ancient Greek Pythagorean philosopher}}

Acrion was a Locrian from Magna Graecia and a Pythagorean philosopher.Cicero, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cicero/de_Finibus/5*.html#87 v.(29)87] He is mentioned by Valerius MaximusValerius Maximus, [http://www.attalus.org/translate/valerius8a.html#7e.3 viii.7, ext.3], from this passage of Cicero under the name of Arion. According to William Smith, Arion is a false reading of Acrion.{{Citation | last = Smith | first = William | author-link = William Smith (lexicographer) | contribution = Acrion | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 14 | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0023.html }}