TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book. The Table of Contents was created by the Transcriber and has been placed in front of the Introduction. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. Political and Ethical Fragments. POLITICAL FRAGMENTS OF ARCHYTAS, CHARONDAS, ZALEUCUS, AND OTHER ANCIENT PYTHAGOREANS, PRESERVED BY STOBÆUS; AND ALSO, ETHICAL FRAGMENTS OF Hierocles, THE CELEBRATED COMMENTATOR ON THE GOLDEN PYTHAGORIC VERSES, PRESERVED BY THE SAME AUTHOR. TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK BY THOMAS TAYLOR. Αβαπτιστος ειμι φελλος ως υπερ ερκος αλμας. PIND. PYTH. OD. 2. Just like a cork unmerged I keep On the broad barrier of the deep. Chiswick: PRINTED BY C. WHITTINGHAM, COLLEGE HOUSE; FOR THE TRANSLATOR, MANOR PLACE, WALWORTH. 1822. Table of Contents