Pherecydes
Proper noun
Meaning
an Ancient Greek thinker from the island of Syros, who authored a cosmogony that bridged the mythological thought of Hesiod and pre-Socratic philosophy (c. 620-550 BC)
an historian and genealogist from Athens (fl. c. 465 BC)
an historian from the Greek island of Leros, possibly the same person as the Athenian historian (before 480-477 BC)
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Examples
In the old cosmogonies – Hesiod (8th – 7th century BC) and Pherecydes (6th century BC) – Zeus establishes his order in the world by destroying the powers which were threatening this harmony, (the Titans ).
Pherecydes of Syros (6th century BC), believed that there were three pre-existent divine principles and called the water also Chaos.