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Letter of Pythagoras (The)

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The Greek upsīlon, Ψ

“They placed themselves in the order and figure of Ψ, the letter of Pythagoras, as cranes do in their flight.”—Rabelais: Pantagruel, iv. 33.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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