# Fragmenta 7

Pherecydes, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg1_PHERECYDES. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pherecydes/fragmenta/7

Δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι· ἓξ καὶ πέντε φασὶν εἶναι. Δεξιοὺς μὲν τοὺς ἄρσενας, ἀριστεροὺς δὲ τὰς θηλείας. Φερεκύδης δὲ τοὺς μὲν δεξιοὺς εἴκοσι λέγει, τοὺς δὲ εὐωνύμους τριάκοντα δύο. Γόητες δὲ ἦσαν, καὶ φαρμακεῖς, καὶ δημιουργοὶ σιδήρου λέγονται πρῶτοι καὶ μεταλλεῖς γενέσθαι. Ὠνομάσθησαν δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς μητρὸς Ἴδης. Ἀριστεροὶ μὲν, ὥς φησι Φερεκύδης, οἱ γόητες αὐτῶν· οἱ δὲ ἀναλύοντες, δεξιοὶ, ὡς Ἑλλάνικος.

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PHERECYDES, Fragmenta. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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