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Damon and Pythias (dā`mən, pĭth`ēəs), two youths whose loyalty to each other symbolizes true friendship. Pythias, a Pythagorean, condemned to death for plotting against Dionysius I of Syracuse, was given leave to arrange his affairs after Damon pledged to give his own life if his friend did not return. When Pythias returned just in time to take his own place for execution, Dionysius was so impressed by their loyal friendship that he released them both. Pythias is a corruption of the name Phintias. Damon and Pythias each agreed to die to save the other. [Gk. Hist.: Espy, 48] See : Friendship |
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And there rises up before me all that was there foreshadowed, and I see visions of Damon and Pythias, of life-saving crews and Red Cross nurses, of martyrs and leaders of forlorn hopes, of Father Damien, and of the Christ himself, and of all the men of earth, mighty of stature, whose strength may trace back to the elemental loins of Lop-Ear and Big-Tooth and other dim denizens of the Younger World. Becky and she live together, and take care of one another in true Damon and Pythias style. Such unscientific balderdash," added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, "would have estranged Damon and Pythias. |
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