About Metrodorus of Cos
Metrodorus of Cos was a philosopher.
Metrodorus of Cos (; fl. c. 460 BC) was the son of Epicharmus. Like several of his family he addicted himself partly to the study of Pythagorean philosophy, partly to the science of medicine. He wrote a treatise upon the works of Epicharmus, in which, on the authority of Epicharmus and Pythagoras himself, he maintained that the Doric was the proper dialect of the Orphic hymns.
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Pythagorean writer
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Metrodorus of Cos was born in Kos.
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Metrodorus of Cos was a philosopher.
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