Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Figures

    Athamas

    mythological figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages

    Athamas the Pythagorean

    spoken of as

    1 expression

    Athamas the Pythagorean1 mention

    Stromata (Greek)

    " Indeed, when Athamas the Pythagorean had said thus, "The unbegotten beginning of all things, and the four roots there are — fire, water, air, earth;
    book 6

    in the texts

    StromataLate Antiquity · Greek

    Legendary king cited as an example of madness illustrating ignorance of self.

    For either a man was ignorant of himself, as Cleomenes and Athamas who went mad;
    book 2
    " Indeed, when Athamas the Pythagorean had said thus, "The unbegotten beginning of all things, and the four roots there are — fire, water, air, earth;
    book 6

    CloudsClassical · Greek

    A mythological king who was nearly sacrificed, invoked by Strepsiades as a comic fear when Socrates crowns him with a chaplet for initiation.

    Socrates, see that you do not sacrifice me like Athamas!
    clouds

    Tusculan DisputationsHellenistic · Latin

    Mythological king cited as an example of raving madness (furor).

    For this insanity, which, joined with folly, extends more widely, we separate from raving fury.
    book 3