Note 11 — SECTION I.
Thomas Taylor translation
Ἄτροπον, ἀκαμάτον Δεκάδα κλείουσιν μιν ἁγιὴν, Ἀθάνατοί τε θεοὶ καὶ γηγενέεις ἃνθρωποι. Syrian. in Meta. Aristot. p. 113. Gr.
i.e. (According to the Pythagoreans) “the immortal gods and earth-born men, call the venerable decad, immutable and unwearied.”