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Abrotelia () ( 5th century BC) was a female Pythagorean philosopher from Tarentum, Magna Graecia. She was one of seventeen women included in the Life of Pythagoras written by Iamblichus as part of his treatise On Pythagoreanism.

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Philosopher.name
Abrotelia
Philosopher.birth_place
Tarentum
Philosopher.era
Ancient philosophy
Philosopher.region
Ancient Greek philosophy
Philosopher.school_tradition
Pythagoreanism

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Abrotelia () ( 5th century BC) was a female Pythagorean philosopher from Tarentum, Magna Graecia. She was one of seventeen women included in the Life of Pythagoras written by Iamblichus as part of his treatise On Pythagoreanism.

Ethel Kersey has suggested that Abrotelia wrote or taught in traditional philosophical fields such as metaphysics, logic, and aesthetics.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abrotelia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.