With manly worth endowed and modesty, Though he be dead, his soul lives happily, If wise Pythagoras indeed saw light And read the destinies of men aright. There is also an epigram of my own in the Pherecratean metre @ : The famous Pherecydes, to whom Syros gave birth, when his former beauty was consumed by vermin, gave orders that he should be taken straight to the Magnesian land in order that he might give victory to the noble Ephesians. There was an oracle, which he alone knew, enjoining this ; and there he died among them. It seems then it is a true tale : if anyone is truly wise, he brings blessings both in his lifetime and when he is no more. He lived in the 59th Olympiad. He wrote the following letter : Pherecydes to Thales ° ‘““May yours be a happy death when your .. comes. Since I received your letter, I have bee. attacked by disease. I am infested with vermin and to a violent fever with shivering fits. I have given instructions to my servants to carry writing to you after they have buried me. I would like you to publish it, provided that you and