Famous Greek's past, being involved in wild hen party (11)

I believe the answer is:

pythagorean

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(Other definitions for pythagorean that I've seen before include "Famous Greek's" , "Greek philosophy" , "ancient philosophy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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