Iron should spare a wise man's hair, because it is impious to apply it to the place that contains all the sources of his perception, all his utterances, from which all his prayers proceed, as does the discourse that conveys his wisdom. Empedocles actually tied a ribbon of the purest purple around his hair, and strutted around the streets of Greece, composing hymns to the effect that he would pass from mortal to god.
Filóstrato, Apolónio de Tiana 8.7.18
Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA: 2005. (trad.: Christopher Jones).
imagem: Sansão e Dalila, de Matthias Stom
1630s, @ Galeria Nacional de Arte Antiga, Roma.
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