Ocellus Lucanus

Ocellus Lucanus in a XIX century depiction

Ocellus Lucanus (Ancient Greek: Ὄκελλος) was allegedly a Pythagorean philosopher, born in Lucania in Magna Graecia in the 6th century BC.[1] Aristoxenus cites him along with another Lucanian by the name of Ocillo, in a work preserved by Iamblichus that lists 218 supposed Pythagoreans, which nonetheless contained some inventions, wrong attributions to non-Pythagoreans, and some names derived from earlier pseudopythagoric traditions.[2]

  1. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ocellus Lucanus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 988.
  2. ^ Zhmud, Leonid (2019-05-29). "What is Pythagorean in the Pseudo-Pythagorean Literature?". Philologus. 163 (1): 72–94. doi:10.1515/phil-2018-0003. ISSN 2196-7008. S2CID 165671638.

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