Abrotelia ( grc, Αβροτέλεια) ( 5th century BC) was a female Pythagorean philosopher. She was one of seventeen women included in '' Life of Pythagoras (De Vita Pythagorica)'', written by

Iamblichus Iamblichus (; grc-gre, Ἰάμβλιχος ; Aramaic: 𐡉𐡌𐡋𐡊𐡅 ''Yamlīḵū''; ) was a Syrian neoplatonic philosopher of Arabic origin. He determined a direction later taken by neoplatonism. Iamblichus was also the biographer of ...

. Abrotelia's father was Abroteles of Tarentum and she is thought to have been born in

Tarentum Tarentum may refer to: * Taranto, Apulia, Italy, on the site of the ancient Roman city of Tarentum (formerly the Greek colony of Taras) **See also History of Taranto * Tarentum (Campus Martius), also Terentum, an area in or on the edge of the Camp ...

. Iamblichus cited Abrotelia as one of the illustrious female Pythagorean philosophers, although her name was among the nine who were listed with names of their husbands or male family members. Some scholars such as Ethel Kersey identified Abrotelia as one of those who wrote or taught in traditional philosophical fields such as metaphysics, logic, and aesthetics, among others. She is also listed in Gilles Ménage's ''Historia Mulierum Philosopharum, which'' showed the Pythagorean school as the sect with the most number of female philosophers, with its adherents greater than the Platonic sect.

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