Arignote orArignota (/ˌærɪɡˈnoʊtiː,ˌærɪɡˈnoʊtə/;Ancient Greek:Ἀριγνώτη,Arignṓtē; fl. c.500 BC) was aPythagorean philosopher fromCroton,^[1]Magna Graecia, or fromSamos.^[2] She was known as a student ofPythagoras andTheano^[2] and, according to some traditions, their daughter as well.^[3][4][5]

According to theSuda,^[2] Arignote wrote:

• Bacchica (Βακχικά,Bakkhika, "OfBacchus")
• The Mysteries ofDemetra (Περὶ τῶν Δήμητρος Μυστηρίων,Peri ton Demetros Mysterion)
• ASacred Discourse (Ἱερὸς Λόγος,Hieros Logos)
• Mysteries of Dionysus (Τελεταὶ Διονύσου,Teletai Dionysou)^[6]

Writings attributed to her were extant inPorphyry's day.^[5][7]

Among the PythagoreanSacred Discourses (Ἱεροὶ Λόγοι, ΄΄Hieroi Logoi΄΄) there is a dictum attributed to Arignote:

The eternal essence of number is the most providential cause of the whole heaven, earth and the region in between. Likewise it is the root of the continued existence of the gods and daimones, as well as that of divine men.^[8]

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