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- Ex_pede_Herculem comment "Ex pede Herculem, \"from his foot, [we can measure] Hercules\", is a maxim of proportionality inspired by an experiment attributed to Pythagoras. According to Aulus Gellius' Noctes Atticae:\"The philosopher Pythagoras reasoned sagaciously and acutely in determining and measuring the hero's superiority in size and stature.".