PORPHYRY

Ea enim quæ de Euphorbi Phrygis scuto, Mycenis in honorem Argiuæ Iunonis cũ alijs spolijs Troianis suspenso, referuntur, vt nimis peruulgata præterimus. Caucasus quoque fluuius transeuntem cum multis amicorum allocutus, & clara atque liquida voce cunctis audientibus dixisse fertur; Salue Pythagora. quin etiam vna eademque die & Metaponti in Italia, & Tauromenij in Sicilia, amicis quos vtrobi-que habebat adfuisse, & in publico cœtu adlocutum fuisse omnes propemodum affirmant; cum multorum stadiorum, quā terra quā mari, interuallum intercedat, non nisi complurium dierum itinere conficiēdum. quod enim Abaridi Hyperboreo, qui Apollinem Hyperboreum eum esse credebat, cuius sacerdos Abaris erat, aureum ostenderit femur, qui verum id esse confirmaret, nemo non nouit. quodque naui quadam appellente, & amicis precantibus sibi merces quas vehebat obtingere, Pythagoras dixerit: ergo mortuus vobis erit: nauisque accedens mortuum tulerit; & sexcenta alia multo admirabiliora,

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As for the stories concerning the shield of Euphorbus the Phrygian original: Euphorbi Phrygis; Pythagoras claimed that in a previous life he was Euphorbus, a Trojan warrior. To prove this, he reportedly identified Euphorbus's old shield in a temple.—which was dedicated to Argive Juno The Roman name for the Greek goddess Hera. at Mycenae along with other Trojan spoils—we shall pass over them as being too well known. It is also said that the river Caucasus original: Caucasus fluuius; while the Caucasus is known as a mountain range, ancient sources here refer to a river, often identified by scholars as the river Kosas or Alpheios. addressed him while he was crossing with many of his friends, and spoke in a clear and distinct voice for all to hear: "Greetings, Pythagoras." Furthermore, almost everyone affirms that on one and the same day he was present both at Metapontum in Italy and at Tauromenium in Sicily, where he spoke with the friends he had in both places; even though these locations are separated by a distance of many stades A 'stade' was an ancient unit of length, approximately 600 feet. across both land and sea, a journey that cannot be completed except over many days. Moreover, it is common knowledge that he showed his golden thigh A legendary physical mark of Pythagoras used to prove his divine status, specifically suggesting he was the god Apollo in human form. to Abaris the Hyperborean, who believed that Pythagoras was the Hyperborean Apollo (whose priest Abaris was), in order to confirm that this was true. And it is said that when a certain ship was coming to shore, and his friends were praying that they might obtain the goods it carried, Pythagoras said: "Then there will be a corpse for you." And as the ship arrived, it was indeed carrying a dead body. And six hundred other even more wonderful things...
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