Damon and Pythias
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The story of Damon and Pythias is a legend in Greek historic writings illustrating the Pythagorean ideal of friendship. Pythias is accused of and charged with plotting against the tyrannical Dionysius
Still from Universal's film Damon and Pythias (1914)
Knights of Pythias
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The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization founded in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 1864. The Knights of Pythias was the first fraternal organization to receive a charter under an act of t
Damon and Pythias
…poet John Banim wrote a play based on the legend (Damon and Pythias). Familiarity with this play led Justus H. Rathbone to found the fraternal order Knights of Pythias. There is a chapter in Little Men by Louisa May Alcott called "Damon and Pythias" in which Nat is suspected of stealing money from Tommy and is shunned…
Knights of Pythias membership certificate, 1890
Knights of Pythias in a parade in Toledo, Ohio, 1890s
Knights of Pythias in a parade in Racine, Wisconsin, 1910
Plaque in Washington, D.C., designating the location where the Knights of Pythias were founded in 1864