About Arignotus
Arignotus was a philosopher.
Arignotus was a Pythagorean in the time of Lucian—that is, the 2nd century CE—who was renowned for his wisdom, and had the surname of ἱερός ("the holy"). He is described as telling a story of a time he exorcised a demon that was haunting a home. Other scholars disagree with this hypothesis.
There is an unrelated, otherwise unknown Arignotus mentioned in Aeschines's speech Against Timarchus.
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ancient Pythagorean
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Arignotus was a philosopher.
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