---
name: Clinias of Tarentum
name_greek: Κλεινίας ὁ Ταραντῖνος
eul_aid: hcg
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/clinias-of-tarentum-hcg"
period: Classical
dialect: "Doric (phi, frg)"
affiliation: Pythagorean
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Clinias of Tarentum

*Κλεινίας ὁ Ταραντῖνος*

**eul_aid:** `hcg` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/clinias-of-tarentum-hcg)

Clinias of Tarentum, a 5th-4th century BCE Pythagorean philosopher. Surviving fragments of his works. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [On Piety and Virtue](https://eulogikon.org/works/clinias-tarentum-piety-virtue-hcg-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `hcg-ab`
- [Testimonies](https://eulogikon.org/works/clinias-tarentum-testimonies-hcg-aa) — *Μαρτυρίαι* · `hcg-aa`

## License and provenance

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