Meaning of Crotoniate | Babel Free

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A native or inhabitant of Croton.

historical

Examples

“It is related of Pythagoras that, after having lived in Crotona nearly twenty years, and soon after the victory gained in 510 b. c. by the Crotoniates, on the river Traeis, over the Sybarites, who were living under the monarchical rule of Telys, he was banished by an opposition party under Cylon, and that he removed to Metapontum and soon afterward died there.”

“While Taras, despite early setbacks, increased in power, the Crotoniates declined from the peak of success they had attained on the destruction of Sybaris.”

“There followed with Dorieus, and died with him, Philippus, the son of Butacides, a Crotoniate who had contracted to marry the daughter of Telys of Sybaris and was banished from Croton.”

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