χ529Χροῒ δῆλα
clear in the skin
They say that Pherekydes the sage died after contracting lice; and when Pythagoras arrived and asked how he was, he pushed his finger through the doorway and said: "clear in the skin". And this led to grammarians giving…
Χροῒ δῆλα· ὅτι Φερεκύδην τὸν σοφόν φασι φθειριάσαντα τελευτῆσαι· ὅτε καὶ Πυθαγόρου παραγενομένου καὶ πυνθανομένου, πῶς διακέοιτο, διαβαλόντα τῆς θύρας τὸν δάκτυλον εἰπεῖν· χροῒ…