Archytas
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Pythagorean philosopher
ancient Greek philosopher
mathematician
mechanician
military commander
music theorist
person from Tarentum
statesman
Archytas was an influential 4th-century BCE Pythagorean philosopher, mathematician, statesman, and early pioneer of mechanics from the Greek city of Tarentum.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pythagorean philosopher
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ancient Greek philosopher → mathematician → mechanician → military commander → music theorist → person from Tarentum → statesman → |
| areaOfStudy |
application of mathematics to mechanics
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relationship between mathematics and music → |
| associatedWith |
Plato
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Pythagoras → |
| birthPlace | Tarentum → |
| citizenship | Tarentum → |
| contributedTo |
classification of musical consonances
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early mathematical mechanics → mathematical theory of proportions → |
| correspondedWith | Plato → |
| country | Magna Graecia → |
| creditedWith | designing an early self-propelled flying device → |
| culture | Ancient Greek → |
| developed | geometric solution to the Delian problem → |
| educatedIn | Pythagoreanism → |
| fieldOfWork |
arithmetic
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geometry → harmonics → mechanics → political theory → |
| floruit | circa 400–350 BCE → |
| flyingDeviceDescribedAs | wooden dove → |
| influenced |
Plato
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ancient Greek mathematics → ancient Greek music theory → later Pythagoreans → |
| knownFor |
contributions to mechanics
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political leadership in Tarentum → solution of the problem of doubling the cube → theory of musical intervals → work in harmonic theory → work in mathematics → |
| language | Ancient Greek → |
| notableAchievement | reputedly never defeated in battle as general of Tarentum → |
| numberOfTimesElectedGeneral | seven → |
| officeHeld |
general of Tarentum
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strategos of Tarentum → |
| philosophicalSchool |
Pythagoreanism
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surface form: "Pythagorean school"
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| regionActive | Southern Italy → |
| reputedRescued | Plato from Dionysius II of Syracuse → |
| surfacesUsed |
cone
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cylinder → torus-like surface → |
| timePeriod | 4th century BCE → |
| used | intersection of three surfaces to double the cube → |
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this entity surface form: "Archytas of Tarentum"
this entity surface form: "Archytas of Tarentum"