Clearchus

Family: Rhegium · Role: artificer · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 17

In Book 3, Chapter 17, Clearchus is said by some to have been the pupil of Dipœnus and Scyllis, while others say he was a pupil of Dædalus.

In Book 6, Chapter 4, Pythagoras of Rhegium is said to have learned his art from Clearchus, who was also a native of Rhegium. Clearchus is also described as a pupil of Euchirus.

Relationship record

Book 3 · Chapter 17

• mentor: Dipœnus (Some accounts identify Dipœnus as Clearchus's teacher.) “who some say was the pupil of Dipœnus and Scyllis, others say of Dædalus”
• mentor: Scyllis (Some accounts identify Scyllis as Clearchus's teacher.) “who some say was the pupil of Dipœnus and Scyllis, others say of Dædalus”
• mentor: Dædalus (One account identifies Dædalus as Clearchus's teacher.) “who some say was the pupil of Dipœnus and Scyllis, others say of Dædalus”

Book 6 · Chapter 4

• pupil: Pythagoras of Rhegium (Clearchus taught Pythagoras his art.) “And he learnt his art they say from Clearchus who was also a native of Rhegium”
• mentor: Euchirus (Clearchus was Euchirus's pupil.) “and a pupil of Euchirus”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.