Τηλαύγης
Telauges
Translated by David Whitehead8 Nov 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
It declines [Telaug]ous [in the genitive]. A Samian, son and pupil of the famous Pythagoras;1 a philosopher, teacher of Empedokles.2 He wrote 4 books on the tetraktys.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τηλαύγης, κλίνεται εἰς ους. Σάμιος, Πυθαγόρου τοῦ πάνυ υἱὸς καὶ μαθητής, φιλόσοφος, διδάσκαλος Ἐμπεδοκλέους. ἔγραψε περὶ τῆς τετρακτύος βιβλία δʹ.
Betacode
*thlau/ghs, kli/netai ei)s ous. *sa/mios, *puqago/rou tou= pa/nu ui(o\s kai\ maqhth/s, filo/sofos, dida/skalos *)empedokle/ous. e)/graye peri\ th=s tetraktu/os bibli/a d#.
Notes (3)
- 1Pythagoras has several entries in the Suda: pi 3120, pi 3121, pi 3122, pi 3123, pi 3124. ↩
- 2Empedokles: epsilon 1002, epsilon 1003, epsilon 1004. ↩
- 3The sum of the first four numbers, 10 (1+2+3+4): see tau 394. Note, however, that Diogenes Laertius 8.43 found no works by him. ↩
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- π3120ΠυθαγόραςPythagoras[Pythagoras] of Samos, but Tyrrhenian [Etruscan] by descent; son of Mnesarchus an engraver of gems. When he was young he migrated with his father from Tyrrhenian territory to Samos. This man was taught first by…
- τ394Τετρακτύςtetraktys, tetraktus[Meaning] the tetrads: or rather the fourth [sc. triangular number]. [Note] that the Pythagoreans used to call every number by a name. The number adds up to 10, the tenth [sc. number is] a composition of the 4. And…
- τ480Τηλαυγέςfar-shining[Meaning something] very bright. Appearing from a distance.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Aug 2011
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- more x-refs — David Whitehead
- added cross-references, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead