Pythagoras: His Life and Teaching, a Compendium of Classical Sources (57 page)

See Schmidt, M.,
Hesychii Alexandrini Lexicon
under
and Liddell-Scott, A
Greek-English Lexicon
, p. 747b under
silence, reserve.)

p. 134. Quinquennial silence,

“Quinquennial silence” is the translation of
(Iamblicus,
Life of Pythagoras
, Cap. 17) which Stanley mentioned specifically earlier on
page 122
(see note above.) The quinquennial silence was also called

p. 142
[“a thing pricked,” i.e. “traced out beforehand”].

A design for a finished work, perhaps etched into the raw material. Cf. Liddell Scott A
Greek-English Lexicon
, p. 1486a
.

p. 149
“separation” (from multitude).

The etymological signification of the word
“Monad,” according to Theon Smyrnaeus, was based on the fact that it remained unaltered if multiplied by itself, or that is separated and isolated (
) from the remaining multitude of numbers. (Heath,
The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements
, Vol. 2 , p. 279)

p. 152
judgment.

Derived from
, “separate one from another,” in the sense of “a discerning, distinguishing.” Cf. Liddell Scott, A
Greek-English Lexicon
, p. 399a. “Meursius” refers to the classical scholar Johannes Meursius (15791639)

p. 153
“silver-footed,” or “silver-sandalled.”

The word is used as an epithet of Thetis in Homer's
Iliad
, I, 538. Cf. Monro,
Iliad, Books I-XII
, p. 18. Cf. also Liddell Scott, A
Greek-English Lexicon
, p. 236b under