# Archytas — Tusculan Disputations character guide

> Archytas in Tusculan Disputations by Cicero.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Archytas 9, Archytas

**First appearance:** 0001-tusculan-disputations

## Who they are

Pythagorean philosopher and mathematician; friend of Plato.

## Relationships

### [Plato](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tusculan_disputations_se/characters/plato)

_friendship_

Archytas, a Pythagorean philosopher and statesman, was a close friend and contemporary of Plato, with Plato visiting him in Tarentum.

## In the story

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tusculan_disputations_se/chapters/endnotes)

Native of Tarentum, mathematician and geometrician; said to have saved Plato's life and influenced Aristotle.

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