[463]. Phys. p. 25, 15, ὡς Παρμενίδης ἐν τοῖς πρὸς δόξαν πῦρ καὶ γῆν (ἢ μᾶλλον φῶς καὶ σκότος).

[464]. Met. Α, 5. 986 b 35, τούτων δὲ κατὰ μὲν τὸ ὂν τὸ θερμὸν τάττει, θάτερον δὲ κατὰ τὸ μὴ ὄν. See above, p. 208, [n. 457].

[465]. See below, Chap. VII. [§ 147].

[466]. Theophr. Phys. Op. fr. 6 (Dox. p. 482; R. P. 121 a), followed by the doxographers.

[467]. Note the identification of the dense element with “air” in [Plut.] Strom., quoted p. 213, [n. 462]; and for the identification of this “air” with “mist and darkness,” cf. Chap. I. [§ 27], and Chap. V. [§ 107]. It is to be observed further that Plato puts this last identification into the mouth of a Pythagorean (Tim. 52 d).

[468]. See above, p. [121].

[469]. It seems most likely that ἐπαλλήλους here means “crossing one another,” as the Milky Way crosses the Zodiac. The term ἐπάλληλος is opposed to παράλληλος.

[470]. Rep. x. 616 d 5, καθάπερ οἱ κάδοι οἱ εἰς ἀλλήλους ἁρμόττοντες; e 1, κύκλους ἄνωθεν τὰ χείλη φαίνοντας (σφονδύλους).

[471]. Tim. 36 b 6, ταύτην οὖν τὴν σύστασιν πᾶσαν διπλῆν κατὰ μῆκος σχίσας, μέσην πρὸς μέσην ἐκατέραν ἀλλήλαις οἷον χεῖ (the letter Χ) προσβαλὼν κατέκαμψεν εἰς ἓν κύκλῳ.

[472]. Hymn to Ares, 6: