Brontinus [SEP] occupation
Brontinus
Brontinus (; fl. 6th century BCE), or Brotinus of Metapontum, was a Pythagorean philosopher, and a friend and disciple of Pythagoras himself. Alcmaeon dedicated his works to Brontinus as well as to Leon and Bathyllus. Accounts vary as to whether he was the father or the husband of Theano. 
Some Orphic poems were ascribed to Brontinus. One was a poem "On Nature" ("Physika"), another was a poem called "The Robe and the Net" which was also ascribed to Zopyrus
few fragments and letters ascribed to her have survived which are of uncertain authorship.
Life.
Little is known about the life of Theano, and the ancient sources are confused. According to one tradition, she came from Crete and was the daughter of Pythonax, but others said she came from Crotone and was the daughter of Brontinus. She was said by many to have been the wife of Pythagoras, although another tradition made her the wife of Brontinus. Iamblichus, in an attempt to resolve the confusion, refers to