Part Four

Pythagorean Commentators

Timaeus the Locrean
John Reuchlin

 

The supreme Greek god Zeus is honored on this silver stater of Locri Epizephyrii (‘of the western wind’), struck c.400-350 B.C., with his portrait on the obverse and his animal familiar, the eagle, shown devouring its prey on the reverse. Photo courtesy of Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.