thesefour elements
"roots", which he also identified with the mythical names of Zeus, Hera, Nestis,
and Aidoneus [31] (e.g., "Now hear thefourfold roots of everything: enlivening
Hera, Hades, shining Zeus ... Nestis, moistening mortal springs with
tears. "[32j) Empedocles never used the term "element" (Greek crow tot',
stoicheion), which seems to have been first used by Plato. 133] According