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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 790 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DAMON , of See also:

Syracuse, a See also:Pythagorean, celebrated for his disinterested See also:affection for Phintias (not, as commonly given, Pythias), a member of the same See also:sect. Condemned to See also:death by See also:Dionysius the See also:Elder (or Younger) of Syracuse, Phintias begged to be set at See also:liberty for a See also:short See also:time that he might arrange his affairs. Damon pledged his See also:life for the return of his friend; and Phintias faithfully returned before the appointed See also:day of See also:execution. The See also:tyrant, to See also:express his admiration of their fidelity, released both the See also:friends and begged to be admitted to their friendship (Diod. Sic. x. 4; See also:Cicero, De Off. iii. 1o). See also:Hyginus (Fab. 257, who is followed by See also:Schiller in his ballad, See also:Die Burgschaft) tells a similar See also:story, in which the two friends are named Moerus and Selinuntius.

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