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Ian O’Shaughnessy

Quotes · Delphic maxim inscribed on the pronaos of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi

Γνῶθι σεαυτόν.

“Know thyself.”

– Delphic maxim inscribed on the pronaos of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, according to Pausanias, Ἑλλάδος Περιήγησις, c. 150 AD

From volume I of the file · Classical · 2nd century

Themes: philosophy · wisdom & folly