A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Φιντάας).

1. A Pythagorean, the friend of Damon, who was condemned to die by Dionysius the elder. The well-known anecdote of their friendship, and the effect produced by it onl the tyrant, has been already related under DAMON. Valerius Maximus writes the name Pythias; but Cicero follows the Greek authors in adopting the form Phintias.