Pherecydes, an ancient Greek philosopher, born in Syros in 6th century B.C.; distinguished as having had Pythagoras among his pupils, and believed to have been the author of many of the doctrines promulgated by his disciple and named Pythagorean.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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