Concerning the fate of Pythagoras himself, the accounts varied. Some say that he perished in the temple with his disciples,43 others that he fled first to Tarentum, and that, being driven from there, he escaped to Metapontum, and there starved himself to death.44 His tomb was shown at Metapontum in the time of Cicero.45
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Concerning the fate of Pythagoras himself, the accounts varied. Some say that he perished in the temple with his disciples,43 others that he fled first to Tarentum, and that, being driven from there, he escaped to Metapontum, and there starved himself to death.44 His tomb was shown at Metapontum in the time of Cicero.45