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6th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher

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Theano was a female mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, and dancer who lived from 600 BCE to 500 BCE. Born in Crotone, she spoke and wrote in Ancient Greek. Her students included Arignote, and her children were Myia, Damo, Telauges, and Arignote. She was married to both Pythagoras and Brontinus. Her life and works are described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and Pauly–Wissowa.

A separate individual named Theano Nikitas is an author with three works, including "The photographer's guide to using Filterstorm FS4" and "Guide to financial wellness." Additionally, a musical group named Theano has recorded music, with 427 plays and 85 listeners recorded on Last.fm.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • The photographer's guide to using Filterstorm FS4
  • Photographer's Guide to Using PhotoForge 1 And 2
  • Guide to financial wellness

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
85
Total plays
427

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Theano">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
c. 6th century BC , Croton or Metapontum
Spouse
Pythagoras or Brontinus
Era
Ancient Greek philosophy
School
Pythagoreanism

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Place of birth
Crotone
Spouse
Brontinus
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
Ancient Greek
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date of birth
0600-01-01
date of death
0500-00-00
writing language
Ancient Greek
floruit
0600-00-00
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
student
Arignote
Sources (1)

via Wikidata · CC0

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Encyclopedic overview

Theano (/θiˈænoʊ/; Greek: Θεανώ) was a 6th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher. She has been called the wife or student of Pythagoras, although others see her as the wife of Brontinus. Her place of birth and the identity of her father is uncertain as well. Many Pythagorean writings were attributed to her in antiquity, including some letters and a few fragments from philosophical treatises, although these are all regarded as spurious by modern scholars.

Life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Theano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.