Note 53 — Chapter V · HE PROVES BY SEVERAL EXAMPLES THAT THE GREEKS DREW FROM THE SACRED WRITERS.
William Wilson translation
Laertius, in opposition to the general account, ascribes the celebrated αὐτὸς ἔφα to Pythagoras Zacynthus. Suidas, who with the most ascribes it to the Samian Pythagoras, says that it meant “God has said,” as he professed to have received his doctrines from God.