Garfield County News | 1930-12-26 | Page 8 | Famous Pair of Friends

famous pair of friends friend damon and pythias lived in the F fourth century B C armon a pythagorean of syracuse was celebrated for his friendship with pythias pr 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 abd to die in his stead should he not return on the appointed day at the last moment pythias came back bacic and was so struck by the fidelity of the friends that he pardoned the offender and begged beff sd to be admitted into their fellowship low ship