Measuring Heaven

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ISBN: 9780801443961 | 0801443962
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Copyright: 1/19/2006

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Surviving fragments of information about Pythagoras (born ca. 570 BCE) gave rise to a growing set of legends about this famous sage and his followers, whose reputations throughout Antiquity and the Middle Ages have never before been studied systematically

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

(8)

PART I. PYTHAGORAS-MAN AND LEGEND

(68)

1. Pythagoras in the Greek World

(14)

The Beginnings: The Sixth Century BC

(2)

The Reputation of Pythagoras in the Fifth Century BC

(3)

The Critical Fortune of Pythagoras from the Fourth to the Second Century BC

(8)

2. Pythagoras in the Roman World

(19)

The First Century BC: Pythagoras Mythologized

(5)

The First and Second Centuries AD: The Vir Sagacis Animi Revered

(14)

3. Pythagoras in the Late Pagan and Early Christian Worlds

(22)

The Third and Fourth Centuries: The Divine Pythagoras as Apollo Reincarnated

(14)

Pythagoras Remembered in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries

(8)

4. Pythagoras in Medieval Memory

(11)

PART II. PYTHAGOREAN THOUGHT

(58)

5. Pythagoreanism in Greek and Roman Antiquity

(22)

Sappho: The First Pythagorean?

(3)

The Culture of Early Pythagoreanism

(18)

6. Neopythagoreanism in the Late Pagan and Early Christian Worlds

101

(15)

The Revival of Pythagoreanism in the First Century AD: Arithmology and Arithmosophy

102

(4)

The Dissemination of Neopythagoreanism after the First Century

106

(6)

The Druids and Pythagoreanism

112

(4)

7. The Middle Ages: A New Pythagoreanism

116

(19)

Rules for Conduct in the Pythagorean/Christian World

117

(1)

The Enduring Classical Conception of Number

117

(4)

The New Enthusiasm for Numerical Organization in Learning

121

(6)

Number in Daily Life: Magic, Medicine, and Alchemy

127

(8)

PART III. PYTHAGOREANISM IN ART AND ARCHITECTURE

135

(124)

8. Pythagoreanism in Ancient Art and Architecture

137

(17)

Antique Images of Pythagoras

138

(10)

Possible Pythagorean Impulses in Classical Antiquity

148

(2)

The Iconography of Apollo in Roman Art and Architecture and Its Pythagorean Connections

150

(4)

9. The Oldest Surviving Pythagorean Building and Its Significance

154

(12)

10. The Pythagoreanism of Hadrian's Pantheon

166

(16)

11. Pythagoreanism in Medieval Art

182

(40)

Medieval Images of Pythagoras

182

(21)

The Dodecahedron in Early Medieval Art: Cosmos and Number

203

(6)

The Pythagorean Sphere in Later Medieval Art: Cosmos and Number

209

(6)

The Pythagorean Y as a Symbol of Choice

215

(7)

12. Sacred Siting: The Pythagorean Heritage of Medieval Ecclesiastical Architecture

222

(24)

The Basilical Origins of the Medieval Church

224

(4)

Concepts of Order in the Gothic Cathedral

228

(18)

13. Conclusions

246

(13)

Notes

259

(68)

Bibliography

327

(28)

Index

355

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