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title: Fragments on Numbers
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀριθμῶν
author: Megillus of Sparta
eul_wid: cia-aa
eul_aid: cia
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/megillus-sparta-numbers-cia-aa"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic Philosophical
domain: Philosophy
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Numbers

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀριθμῶν*

**Author:** Megillus of Sparta

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## Text

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Περὶ ἀριθμῶν Ps.—Iambl. Theol. arithm. p. 34 De F. διὰ τοῦτο καὶ Μέγιλλος ἐν τῷ Περὶ ἀριθμῶν οὕτως αὐτὴν (sc. τὴν πεντάδα) σεμνύνων φησίν· ἁ δὲ πεντὰς ἀλλοίωσις, φάος, ἀνεικία. ἀλλοίωσις μὲν ὅτι τριχᾶ διαστὰν ἐς ταυτότητα τῆς σφαίρας ἤμειψε, κυκλικῶς κινήσασα καὶ φάος ἐνεργασαμένη, διόπερ καὶ φάος· ἀνεικία δὲ παρὰ τὴν πάντων προδιεστώτων σύστασιν καὶ ἕνωσιν καὶ διὰ τὴν τῶν δύο εἰδέων σύνοδον καὶ φίλωσιν.

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