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Historical Introduction
ΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ.Αʹ,[1] at which the heart of Pythagoras greatly rejoiced, for he perceived that now indeed the unities were about to commence. Also besides this he was 'ware of a melodious diapason which proceeded (as he relates) from the ship, exceeding sweet and thrilling, and likewise the noise as of a silver bell, mighty pleasant and tintinnabulous.[2] And perceiving that the time was now come to dare all things in the cause of philosophy, and calling on the mystic Samothracian divinities ΤΙΝΔΑΑ, ΣΠΕΝΣΕΡ, and ΥΞΛΥ,[3] he boldly ascended the ship. But
- ↑ Yet the Schoolman Linalaudulus de Tamesi insisteth that the title of the ship was not ΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ-Αʹ, but ΨΑΜΦΑ ΛΑΙΛΟΕΣΣΑ, which he translateth "Saucy Sall."
- ↑ And in confirmation of this refer to the Minervic Disputations of Theodorus Wattsius (the same that wrote the song of the untiring bee that barketh and biteth), who maintains that the noise was even as the noise of a perfect sonnet, whose testimony is strengthened by Procuratorius Omniscientius, who affirms that whatever proceeds from Wattsius is "plainly worded and exactly described."
- ↑ Concerning the worship of these deities see Classical Dictionary, articles Pelasgi and Cabeiria. The sacrifices offered to them consisted of the parasites of black swine gathered under the waning moon.
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