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Ancient Greek Pythagorean philosopher
Acrion was a
Locrian from
Magna Graecia and a
Pythagorean philosopher.
[1] He is mentioned by
Valerius Maximus
[2] under the name of Arion. According to
William Smith, Arion is a false reading of Acrion.
[3]
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Cicero,
De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum
v.(29)87
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Valerius Maximus,
viii.7, ext.3, from this passage of Cicero
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Smith, William (1867),
"Acrion", in Smith, William (ed.),
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, p. 14