Note 2730 — BOOK XXX. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
John Bostock translation
In reality, Pythagoras was an exile from the tyranny of the ruler of Samos, Plato from the court of Dionysius the Younger, and Democritus from the ignorance of his fellow-countrymen of Abdera. There is no doubt that Pythagoras and Democritus made considerable researches into the art of magic as practised in the East.