Book 8
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There is a poem of our own upon him, which runs thusAnth. Pal. vii. 744.: It is said that at Memphis Eudoxus learned his coming fate from the bull with beautiful horns. No words did it utter; for whence comes speech to a bull? Nature did not provide the young bull Apis with a chattering tongue. But, standing sideways by him, it licked his robe, by which it plainly prophesied you shall soon die. Whereupon, soon after, this fate overtook him, when he had seen fifty-three risings of the Pleiades.
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Eudoxus used to be called Endoxos (illustrious) instead of Eudoxus by reason of his brilliant reputation.
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Having now dealt with the famous Pythagoreans, let us next discuss the so-called sporadic philosophers. And first we must speak of Heraclitus.
