The Classical Quarterly

Table of Contents - 1923 - Volume 17, Issue 3-4  

Research Article

The Simile of the Clepsydra in Empedocles

J. U. Powell

It is exxtraordinary what difficulties have been found from ancient times in the extract from Empedocles (fr. 100 Diels) containing his theory of respiration, and preserved by Aristotle, De Respiratione 7, p. 473 B1.