Garfield County News | 1930-12-26 | Page 5 | Famous Pair of Friends

famous pair of friends friend damon and pythias lived in the tha fourth century B 0 damon a pythagorean of syracuse was celebrated for his I 1 friendship with pythias or a member of the same sect pythias plotted against the life of I 1 of syracuse and was condemned to die As pythias wished to arrange his affairs damon offered to place himself in the tyrants hands as his substitute and to die in his stead should ho he not return on the appointed day at the last moment pythias ilas came back bach and dionysius was so BO struck by the fidelity of tho the friends that he pardoned the offender and begged to be admitted into their fellowship low ship