Pythagoras: His Life and Teaching, a Compendium of Classical Sources (69 page)

From Plato's
Phaedra:
“But those who appear to be incurable, on account of the greatness of their wrong-doings, because they have committed many great deeds of sacrilege, or wicked and abominable murders, or any other such crimes, are cast by their fitting destiny into Tartarus,
whence they never emerge
(
).

(Fowler,
Plato
, Vol. 1,
Phaedo,62
, p. 388-389) Reuchlin believed this passage from
Phaedo
was a direct quote from Pythagoras. (Goodman,
Johann Reuchlin, On the Art of the Kabbalah. De Arte Cabalistica
, p. 168-169.) Eduard
Zeller discussed the influence of Pythagorean ideas of the soul on later writers such as Plato in his
History of Greek Philosophy from the earliest period to the time of Socrates
(See pp. 481-496.)

p. 330 Look on him as my Progenitor, or
progeniting body;

From Philostratus'
The Life of Apollonius of Tyana
, Cap. XIX. Conybeare translated
as “ancestral body.” (Conybeare,
Philostratus, The Life of Apollonius of Tyana
, Vol. 1, pp. 270-271)

p. 337 note 15.
[“instead of Same”].

According to Iamblicus, Ancaeus of Cephallenia was informed of his task by the Pythian Oracle in the words:

“I order you Ancaeus, to colonize the marine island Samos instead of Same, and to call it Phyllas.” (Kiessling,
Iamblichi Chalcidensis Ex Coele-Suria De Vita Pythagorica
, Vol. 1, p.18 & Guthrie,
The Pythagorean Source-book and Library
, p. 58)

p. 337 note 20. Adding

“and got her with child” [i.e. “caused her to become pregnant”]

The text is added from Iamblicus,
De Vita Pythagorica
, Cap. 2. (Kiessling,
Iamblichi Chalcidensis Ex Coele-Suria De Vita Pythagorica
, Vol. 1, p.24)

p. 337 note 25. The manuscript of Porphyry's
Life of Pythagoras
gives the name Cleanthes (
) as the source of these accounts, and Stanley is quoting it correctly. However, scholars now affirm that the word is a misspelling for Neanthes (
). Edouard Zeller, in A
History of Greek Philosophy from the earliest period to the time of Socrates
, Vol. 1, p. 329: “The Cleanthes of Porphyry is certainly not the Stoic but most likely a misspelling for Neanthes (of Cyzicus).” Guthrie likewise modifies Cleanthes to Neanthes
(The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library
, p. 123). For the Greek text, see Nauck,
Porphryii Philosophi Platonici Opuscula Tria
, p. 14. Cf. Pearson,
The Fragments of Zeno and Cleanthes
, p. 294)

p. 338 note 44. Reading
[“principal”].

From Iamblicus,
De Vita Pythagorica
, Cap. 3 (Kiessling,
Iamblichi Chalcidensis Ex Coele-Suria De Vita Pythagorica
, Vol. 1, p.38)

p. 338 note 46. For
reading
etc.