---
name: Pherecydes of Syros
name_greek: Φερεκύδης ὁ Σύριος
eul_aid: bcw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/pherecydes-of-syros-bcw"
period: Archaic
dialect: Mixed Dialects (frg)
affiliation: Presocratic
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Pherecydes of Syros

*Φερεκύδης ὁ Σύριος*

**eul_aid:** `bcw` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/pherecydes-of-syros-bcw)

Pherecydes of Syros, a 6th century BCE thinker, wrote pioneering prose. Read his surviving fragments. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on Cosmology](https://eulogikon.org/works/pherecydes-syros-cosmology-bcw-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Κοσμολογίας* · `bcw-ab`
- [Testimonies](https://eulogikon.org/works/pherecydes-syros-testimonies-bcw-aa) — *Μαρτυρίαι* · `bcw-aa`

## License and provenance

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