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'''Pythias''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɪ|θ|i|ə|s}}; {{lang-el|Πυθιάς|translit=Pūthiás}}), also known as '''Pythias the Elder''', |
'''Pythias''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɪ|θ|i|ə|s}}; {{lang-el|Πυθιάς|translit=Pūthiás}}), also known as '''Pythias the Elder''', she was the adoptive daughter of [[Hermias of Atarneus]], as well as [[Aristotle]]'s first wife.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=William|title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology|date=1849|page=627}}</ref> |
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==Personal life and family== |
==Personal life and family== |
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Whilst Pythias' date of birth is unclear, she was active around 355 BC<ref name="OgilvieHarvey2000"/> and she died in Athens sometime after 330 BC. Aristotle and Pythias had a daughter, Pythias the Younger. |
Whilst Pythias' date of birth is unclear, she was active around 355 BC<ref name="OgilvieHarvey2000">{{cite book |author1=Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&pg=PA1444 |title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z |author2=Joy Dorothy Harvey |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-415-92040-7 |page=1062 |author-link1=Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie |author-link2=Joy Harvey |accessdate=12 August 2014}}</ref> and she died in Athens sometime after 330 BC. Aristotle and Pythias had a daughter, Pythias the Younger. |
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===Pythias the Younger=== |
===Pythias the Younger=== |
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Pythias the Younger married three times, but is also said to have predeceased her father. Her first husband was Nicanor, Aristotle's nephew by his sister [[Arimneste]]. According to Aristotle's will, Nicanor was to manage the family affairs until his son, [[Nicomachus (son of Aristotle)|Nicomachus]] came of age. Pythias' second husband was [[Procles of Sparta]]. Pythias' third husband was Metrodorus, a physician. |
Pythias the Younger married three times, but is also said to have predeceased her father. Her first husband was Nicanor, Aristotle's nephew by his sister [[Arimneste]]. According to Aristotle's will, Nicanor was to manage the family affairs until his son, [[Nicomachus (son of Aristotle)|Nicomachus]] came of age. Pythias' second husband was [[Procles of Sparta]]. Pythias' third husband was Metrodorus, a physician. |
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==Work in biology== |
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Pythias supposedly worked with her husband, Aristotle, on an encyclopedia from the material they gathered on their honeymoon on [[Mytilene]]. She is reputed to have collected a range of specimens of living things. [[Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead]] suggests that the couple collaborated in the [[embryology|study of generation]].<ref name="OgilvieHarvey2000"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Pythias (/ˈpɪθiəs/; Greek: Πυθιάς, romanized: Pūthiás), also known as Pythias the Elder, she was the adoptive daughter of Hermias of Atarneus, as well as Aristotle's first wife.[1]
Personal life and family
Whilst Pythias' date of birth is unclear, she was active around 355 BC[2] and she died in Athens sometime after 330 BC. Aristotle and Pythias had a daughter, Pythias the Younger.
Pythias the Younger
Pythias the Younger married three times, but is also said to have predeceased her father. Her first husband was Nicanor, Aristotle's nephew by his sister Arimneste. According to Aristotle's will, Nicanor was to manage the family affairs until his son, Nicomachus came of age. Pythias' second husband was Procles of Sparta. Pythias' third husband was Metrodorus, a physician.
References
- ^ Smith, William (1849). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 627.
- ^ Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie; Joy Dorothy Harvey (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. p. 1062. ISBN 978-0-415-92040-7. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
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