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Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers · 1 passage
Nessas of Chios lived in the fifth and early fourth centuries B.C. He was said to have been a pupil of Democritus; but the two remaining references to his writings are literary. 1. (Nessas lengthens a vowel in Homer, disregarding the metre). 2. (Nessas derives the word 'Diaktoros' from 'Diagein': 'Conductor of souls').
Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file cla/app/app64.htm.
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