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{{Short description|Ancient Greek philosopher}}
{{Other uses|Python (disambiguation){{!}}Python}}
'''Python of [[Enez|Aenus]]''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|aɪ|θ|ɒ|n|,_|ən}}; {{langx|el|Πύθων Αἴνιος}}; fl. 4th-century BCE) was a [[Greek philosophy|Greek philosopher]] and a former student of [[Plato]].<ref>[[Diogenes Laërtius]], iii. 46</ref> Around 360 BC, he and his brother [[Heraclides of Aenus|Heraclides]] assassinated [[Cotys I (Odrysian)|Cotys I]], the ruler of [[Thrace]].<ref>[[Aristotle]], ''Politics'', v. 10, 1311b20-2; [[Plutarch]], ''Adv. Col.'' 1126c</ref>

Based on [[Demosthenes]]'s ''Against Aristocrates'', Python of Aenus was identified as [[Python of Byzantium]], a Greek statesman. However, it is highly unlikely that both names are attributed to the same person.<ref>Natoli, Anthony Francis. ''The Letter of Speusippus to Philip II: Introduction, Text, Translation and Commentary; with an Appendix on the Thirty-first Socratic Letter Attributed to Plato''. Franz Steiner Verlag, 2004, {{ISBN|3-515-08396-0}}, p. 54. [Footnote] "On the basis of Demosthenes ''Against Aristocrates'' 127; 119, Python of Byzantium has been identified with Python of Aenus, the slayer of the Odrysian king Cotys I, but this is highly unlikely."</ref>

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[[Category:4th-century BC Greek philosophers]]
[[Category:Ancient Thracian Greeks]]
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