Footnotes

^79:1 ῥόμβος, an instrument whirled round on a string at the Mysteries.

^80:1 e.g., 6, 4, 2; 6 - 4 = 4 - 2, and 6/4 < 4/2.

^80:2 e.g., 8, 4, 2; 2:4 = 4:2, and 4/2 = 8/4.

^80:3 e.g., 6, 4, 3; 6 - 4 =2 ,4 - 3 = 1, and 2:6 = 1:3; 6/4 > 4/3.

^80:4 i.e., in their inability to reckon consequences (Kranz).