# Pythagoras and the Delphic mysteries

Author: Schuré, Edouard, 1841-1929; Rothwell, Fred, 1869-1934 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76522

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Pythagoras+and+the+Delphic+mysteries+Schur%C3%A9&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The soul of Orpheus had passed like a divine meteor across the troubled heavens of a new-born Greece. When the meteor had disappeared, the land was again wrapt in darkness. After a series of revolutions, the tyrants of Thrace committed his books to the flames, overthrew his temples and drove away his disciples. The Greek kings and numerous cities followed this example, more jealous of their unbridled licence than of that justice which is the source of pure doctrine. They were determined to efface his very memory, to leave no sign of his existence, and they succeeded so well, that, a few centuries after his death, a portion of Greece even doubted whether he had ever lived. It was in vain t...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pythagoras-and-the-delphic-mysteries-76522/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pythagoras-and-the-delphic-mysteries-76522/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pythagoras-and-the-delphic-mysteries-76522/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pythagoras-and-the-delphic-mysteries-76522/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/pythagoras-and-the-delphic-mysteries-76522/chapters/1/index.md)