As a test of their friendship Dionysius falsely accused Phintias of plotting against him and sentenced him to death.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pythagoreanism] Reference

Phintias asked time to set his affairs in order, and Dionysius was amazed when Damon took his place, while he did so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pythagoreanism] Reference

Aristoxenus is a source for the famous story of the two Pythagorean friends Damon and Phintias, which was set during the tyranny of Dionysius II in Syracuse (367-357).    From Wordnik.com.  [Pythagoreanism] Reference

In Diodorus 'version, Phintias is presented as actually engaged in a plot against Dionysus and some argue that Aristoxenus' version is an attempt to whitewash the Pythagoreans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pythagoreanism] Reference

Pythagoreans also displayed great loyalty to their friends as can be seen in Aristoxenus 'story of Damon who is willing to stand surety for his friend Phintias, who has been sentenced to death (Iamblichus, VP 233 ff.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Pythagoras] Reference

Once more it regained autonomy, only to fall under the tyranny of Phintias (288 B. C.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference

He finally manages to defeat his main rival Phintias, the tyrant of Agrigentum, who is subsequently assassinated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com] Reference

In the second circle on the other side are Damon and Phintias, whose unexampled friendship is so well known, and with them is Dionysius, Tyrant of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi] Reference

A medal has been found in Sicily» on one fide of which was a minotaur» the well known type of the people of Gela; on the reverfe a wild boar» which is always found on the medals of Phintias.    From Wordnik.com.  [The history of Herodotus] Reference

Achilles and Patroclus, Orestes and Pylades, Phintias and Damon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Plutarch's Morals] Reference