Pherekydes of Syros - Schibli, Hermann S. (Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH a currently Junior Fellow in Classics, Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH a currently Junior Fellow in Clas

In the 6th century BC, Pherekydes of Syros wrote a book about the birth of the gods and the origin of the cosmos of which only fragments survive. On the basis of these, as well as the ancient testimonies, the author attempts to reconstruct the theo-cosmological schema of Pherekydes.