Pyrus
a genus of Pomaceæ, of Pomeæ, a tribe of Rosaceæ. Fruit two to five celled, with cartilaginous walls.
North temperate zone. Known species about 40. Five most familiar are: Pyиrus communis, the wild pear, P. malus, the wild or crab apple, P. (Sorbus) torminalis, the wild service, P. (Sorbus) aria, the white beam-tree, and P. (Sorbus) aucuparia, the mountain ash or rowan tree.
PYX burned, many perished and the rest were exiled. Similar tumults with similar results, took place in other cities. Among the doctrines of Pythagoras are the following: that numbers are the principles of all things; that the universe is a harmonious whole (kosmos), the heavenly bodies by their motion causing sounds (music of the spheres); that the soul is immortal, and passes successively into many bodies (metempsychosis); and that the highest aim and blessedness of man is likeness to the Deity. Pythagoras is said to have been the first who took the title of philosopher, and the first who applied the term Kosmos to the universe. He died in Metapontum, Magna Græcia, about 500 в. c.