Note 388 — Chapter IV · PRE-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: THE ORPHICI
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Clement of Alexandria, Strom. Bk III. c. 3, quotes this expression from “Philolaos the Pythagorean.” Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, Bk IV. p. 157 C (Teubner) from “Euxitheus the Pythagoric.” It evidently went back to the earliest Orphic teaching reduced to writing.