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title: On the Four Roots of All Things
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Athamas of Posidonia
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period: Classical
dialect: "Doric (phi, frg)"
domain: Philosophy
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On the Four Roots of All Things

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Athamas of Posidonia

**eul_wid:** `dcu-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/athamas-posidonia-four-roots-dcu-aa)

## Text

### 54.(11)

Clem. Strom. 6.17.3 p. 436 St. ναὶ μὴν Ἀθάμαντος τοῦ Πυθαγορείου εἰπόντος· ὧδε ἀγέννατος παντὸς ἀρχὰ καὶ ῥιζώματα τέτταρα τυγχάνοντι· πῦρ, ὕδωρ, ἀήρ, γῆ. ἐκ τούτων γὰρ αἱ γενέσεις τῶν γινομένων· ὁ Ἀκραγαντῖνος ἐποίησεν Ἐμπεδοκλῆς· τέσσαρα τῶν πάντων ῥιζώματα πρῶτον ἄκουε. πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ γαῖαν ἰδ’ αἰθέρος ἄπλετον ὕψος.

### 54.(11)

ἐκ γὰρ τῶν ὅσα τ’ ἦν ὅσα τ’ ἔσσεται ὅσσα τ’ ἔασιν.

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