Vat.lat.5953

...more known in social intercourse, nor was there any mystery honored anywhere, nor any secret place into which he did not penetrate; and thus, by entering in, he was accustomed to finding something great from every side. From there he went to all the holy men, bringing back utility from each one, drinking in whatever each person knew. Therefore, at the age of twenty-two, while he was in Egypt, he was instructed in the inner sanctuaries Latin: "aditis." These were the most sacred, restricted areas of Egyptian temples. in astronomy and geometry; and he was initiated into the mysteries, not cursorily nor by chance, but according to all the purifications of the gods—until he was seized as a slave and prisoner by the soldiers of Cambyses Cambyses II, the Persian King who conquered Egypt in 525 BCE. and taken to Babylon. There, as a willing participant among the willing Magi original: "magis." The Magi were the priestly caste of ancient Persia, known for their knowledge of stars and ritual., he was educated in what was venerable among them, learning the most perfect worship of the gods. Proceeding to the height of arithmetic, music, and other mathematical sciences original: "mathe.", an abbreviation for "mathematica." under their teaching, and having stayed there for another twelve years, he returned to Samos at the age of fifty-six.

Recognized by some of the elders, he was held in no less admiration than before; for he appeared even more beautiful, Kai popioteros Greek: "and more majestic" or "more inspiring.", and more sacred. When, therefore, the people of his homeland begged him to bring benefit to all and to hand down his wisdom to them, he endeavored to impart his teaching not in an adverse way, but through the symbolic method, in the same manner as the Egyptians by whom he had been instructed. But the Samians did not much favor this method, nor did they approach it in a well-ordered manner as was necessary. Therefore, with no one following his lead, nor legitimately desiring the doctrines and mathematical sciences original: "mathmata." which he had strived with all zeal to instill in the Greeks; yet he did not despise or look down upon Samos, because it was his own fatherland, and he fully desired his compatriots to taste some of the beauty of mathematics. [He sought those] who were not merely willing but observant in thought and teaching, ingeniously and promptly frequenting the gymnasia, where they loved bodily exercises and cared for them, yet [he also sought] the needy and those wavering in atria? Possibly "halls" or "courts," though the context suggests a social or intellectual state of those lacking direction....