Pythagoras: His Life and Teaching, a Compendium of Classical Sources (74 page)

Kiessling
(Iamblichi Chalcidensis Ex Coele-Suria De Vita Pythagorica
, Vol. 1 p. 188) mentions the option
(rusticus Aeneus)
but suggested
“Aegean” and rendered the Latin,
Hippomedon Aegeus
, “Hippomedon the Aegean.” Thomas Taylor rendered it “Hippomedon, an Aegean.” (Taylor,
Iamblicus' Life of Pythagoras
, p.46) Cf. Guthrie,
The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library
, p. 79. Stanley himself lists Hippomedon as one of the Aegeans. (See
page 113
.)

p. 346 note 310. For
, perhaps read
. Yet Laertius expressly saith, that linen was not as yet used in those parts.

The reference to the linen garment is from Iamblicus,
Life of Pythagoras
, Cap. 21. Kiessling also corrected the reading to
, “linen garment,” Diogenes Laertius however wrote:
“His robe was white and spotless, his quilts of white wool, for linen had not yet reached those parts.”

(Kiessling,
Iamblichi Chalcidensis Ex Coele-Suria De Vita Pythagorica
, Vol. 1, p. 216. Hicks,
Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
, Vol. 2, pp. 336-337.)

p. 346 note 312. From Iamblichus restore Diodorus in
Excerpta Valesiana
page 245
. reading

The fragment from
Excerpta Valesiana
refers to a fragment of Diodorus Siculus'
Bibliotheca Historica
, originally published by Henricus Valesius in 1636. The text may be found in Dindorf,
Diodori Bibliotheca Historica
, Vol. 2, p. 166, where the actual fragment from Liber X, Chapter 5, Section 1 reads:

…
…

Stanley's restoration comes from Iamblicus'
Life of Pythagoras
, Chapter 29. Cf. Kiessling,
Iamblichi Chalcidensis Ex Coele-Suria De Vita Pythagorica
, Vol. I,
page 350
line 166:
. “the ability of remembering was most important for experience, science and wisdom.” See also Booth,
The Historical Library of Diodorus The Sicilian in Fifteen Books to which are added The Fragments of Diodorus and Those published by H. Valesius, I. Rhodomannus, and F. Ursinus
, Vol. 2 page 576 (No. 38). Where the entire passage of the fragment from Diodorus translated reads, “The Pythagoreans had a great art in improving their memories, and to that end employed their utmost care and diligence. For the first thing they did constantly after they rose from their beds in a morning, was to recollect and call to mind every thing they had done the day before, from the morning to the evening; if if they had time and leisure, they would go back to examine the actions of the second, third, and fourth days, and sometimes farther, conceiving it very helpful and advantageous for improving the memory, and increasing knowledge.” From this, one can see that Stanley drew heavily on Diodorus for the text immediately preceding the note, and adding from Iamblicus.