Pythagoras: His Life and Teaching, a Compendium of Classical Sources (61 page)

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“work”.

Hesiod's poem is fully titled'
“Works and Days.”

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“preparedness,” and
“musical combination,” and
“contact”.

Note that
is the same word that was discussed in note 182 above. Hence, “preparedness” in the sense of musical preparation. So also
“musical combination.” (Cf. Liddell Scott, A
Greek-English Lexicon
, p.1699a).
is also discussed in note 201 above, here rendered “contact.

This entire section is a quotation taken from Chapter 25 of Iamblicus'
Life of Pythagoras:
“The Pythagoreans distinguished three states of mind, called
exartysis
, or readiness:
synarmoge
, or fitness, and
epaphe
, or contact…” (Guthrie,
The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library
, p. 85)

Thomas Taylor's translation, with the exception of his reading of the word
is not only florid, but curiously obtuse: “The whole Pythagorean school produced appropriate songs, which they called
exartysis
or adaptions,
synarmoge
or elegance of manners, and
apaphe
or contact…” (Taylor,
Iamblicus' Life of Pythagoras
, p. 61)

For the Greek text, see Kiessling,
Iamblichi Chalcidensis Ex Coele-Suria De Vita Pythagorica
, Vol. 1, p. 242.

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by charming them.

See Liddell Scott, A
Greek-English Lexicon
p. 603a,

p. 193

The original text erroneously had
“eclipse” instead of
“fall short” (in application of areas). Cf. Heath,
The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements
, Vol. 2, p. 262 and 427.