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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Label Occurrences
Archytas canonical 2
Archytas of Tarentum 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pythagorean philosopher ⓘ
ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
mechanician ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
music theorist ⓘ
person from Tarentum ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
areaOfStudy application of mathematics to mechanics ⓘ
relationship between mathematics and music ⓘ
associatedWith Plato ⓘ
Pythagoras ⓘ
birthPlace Tarentum ⓘ
citizenship Tarentum ⓘ
contributedTo classification of musical consonances ⓘ
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 ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
harmonics ⓘ
mechanics ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
floruit circa 400–350 BCE ⓘ
flyingDeviceDescribedAs wooden dove ⓘ
influenced Plato ⓘ
ancient Greek mathematics ⓘ
ancient Greek music theory ⓘ
later Pythagoreans ⓘ
knownFor contributions to mechanics ⓘ
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 ⓘ
strategos of Tarentum ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Pythagoreanism ⓘ
surface form: Pythagorean school
regionActive Southern Italy ⓘ
reputedRescued Plato from Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ
surfacesUsed cone ⓘ
cylinder ⓘ
torus-like surface ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century BCE ⓘ
used intersection of three surfaces to double the cube ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Magna Graecia → hasNotableResident → Archytas ⓘ
Tarentum → hasNotablePhilosopher → Archytas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archytas of Tarentum
Tarentum → hasNotableMathematician → Archytas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archytas of Tarentum
Eudoxus of Cnidus → studentOf → Archytas ⓘ