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Hair which curls at the ends tends towards stout-heartedness; witness the lion among<br />

others. Those <strong>in</strong> whom the hair on the face near the head curls backwards are liberal;<br />

witness the lions.<br />

182<br />

Pseudo-Aristotle, Physiognomonica 812b III B.C.<br />

oi9 e0pi\ th~j kefalh~j prospefukui/aj e1xontej ta_j tri/xaj e0pi\ tou~ metw&pou kata_<br />

th_n r(i=na a)neleu&qeroi: a)nafe/retai e0pi\ th_n e0pipre/peian, o3ti douloprepe\j to_<br />

fa<strong>in</strong>o&menon.<br />

Those [animals] whose hair <strong>in</strong>cl<strong>in</strong>es to grow down from the head towards the nose are<br />

mean; this is appropriate as this appearance gives a servile look.<br />

183<br />

Pseudo-Aristotle, Physiognomonica 814b III B.C.<br />

e0pikairo&tatoj de\ to&poj o( peri\ ta_ o1mmata& te kai\ to_ me/twpon kai\ kefalh_n kai\<br />

pro&swpon, deu&teroj de\ o( peri\ ta_ sth&qh kai\ w1mouj, e1peita peri\ ta_ ske/lh te<br />

kai\ po&daj: ta_ de\ peri\ th_n koili/an h3kista. o3lwj de\ ei0pei=n ou{toi oi9 to&poi<br />

e0narge/stata shmei=a pare/xontai, e0f' w{n kai\ fronh&sewj plei/sthj e0pipre/peia<br />

gi/netai.<br />

<strong>The</strong> most favorable part for exam<strong>in</strong>ation is the region round the eyes, forehead, head <strong>and</strong><br />

face; secondly, the region <strong>of</strong> the breast <strong>and</strong> shoulders, <strong>and</strong> lastly that <strong>of</strong> the legs <strong>and</strong> feet;<br />

the parts about the belly are <strong>of</strong> least importance. Generally speak<strong>in</strong>g, these regions<br />

supply the clearest signs, <strong>in</strong> which there is greatest evidence <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>telligence.<br />

184<br />

Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes 3.225 A.D. II-III<br />

Text: H. Mutschmann, ed., Sexti Empirici opera I (Leipzig, 1912).<br />

Translation: R. G. Bury, ed., tr., Sextus Empiricus. Outl<strong>in</strong>es <strong>of</strong> Pyrrhonism I (London <strong>and</strong><br />

New York, 1933).<br />

kunei/wn te geu&sasqai dokou~men h(mei=j a)ni/eron ei]nai, Qra|kw~n de\ e1nioi kun<strong>of</strong>agei=n<br />

i9storou~ntai. i1swj de\ kai\ par' 3Ellhsi tou~to h}n su&nhqej: dio&per kai\ Dioklh~j a)po_<br />

tw~n kata_ tou_j 0Asklhpia&daj o(rmw&menoj tisi\ tw~n pasxo&ntwn skula&keia<br />

di/dosqai keleu&ei kre/a.<br />

Eat<strong>in</strong>g dog’s flesh, too, is thought by us to be s<strong>in</strong>ful, but some <strong>of</strong> the Thracians are<br />

reported to be do-eaters. Possibly this practice was customary also amongst the Greeks;<br />

<strong>and</strong> on this account, Diocles, too, start<strong>in</strong>g from the practices <strong>of</strong> the Asclepiadae,<br />

prescribed that hounds’ flesh should be given to certa<strong>in</strong> patients.<br />

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