Arignote
{{Short description|Pythagorean philosopher}}
Arignote or Arignota ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|æ|r|ɪ|g|ˈ|n|oʊ|t|iː|,_|ˌ|æ|r|ɪ|g|ˈ|n|oʊ|t|ə}}; {{langx|grc|Ἀριγνώτη}}, Arignṓtē; fl. c. {{nowrap|500 BC}}) was a Pythagorean philosopher from Croton,[http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-2591300550/arignote-fl-6th-c.html Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia, Gale Research Inc., 2002]. Magna Graecia, or from Samos. She was known as a student of Pythagoras and TheanoSuda, Arignote and, according to some traditions, their daughter as well.Suda, PythagorasSuda, TheanoPorphyry, Life of Pythagoras, 4
Life
According to the Suda, Arignote wrote:
- Bacchica (Βακχικά, Bakkhika, "Of Bacchus")
- The Mysteries of Demetra (Περὶ τῶν Δήμητρος Μυστηρίων, Peri ton Demetros Mysterion)
- A Sacred Discourse (Ἱερὸς Λόγος, Hieros Logos)
- Mysteries of Dionysus (Τελεταὶ Διονύσου, Teletai Dionysou)Clement of Alexandria also mentions the work entitled Mysteries of Dionysus in his Stromata (iv. 19).
Writings attributed to her were extant in Porphyry's day.Gilles Ménage, (1984), The History of Women Philosophers, University Press of America, p. 53.
Among the Pythagorean Sacred Discourses (Ἱεροὶ Λόγοι, ΄΄Hieroi Logoi΄΄) there is a dictum attributed to Arignote:
The eternal essence of number is the most providential cause of the whole heaven, earth and the region in between. Likewise it is the root of the continued existence of the gods and daimones, as well as that of divine men.Mary Ellen Waithe, (1987), A History of Women Philosophers. Volume 1, 600 BC-500 AD, Springer, p. 12.
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