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Pausanias, Description Of Greece, 10.24.1


ταῦτα μὲν δὴ οὕτω γενόμενα ἴστω τις· ἐν δὲ τῷ προνάῳ τῷ ἐν Δελφοῖς γεγραμμένα ἐστὶν ὠφελήματα ἀνθρώποις ἐς βίον, ἐγράφη δὲ ὑπὸ ἀνδρῶν οὓς γενέσθαι σοφοὺς λέγουσιν Ἕλληνες. οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν ἐκ μὲν Ἰωνίας Θαλῆς τε Μιλήσιος καὶ Πριηνεὺς Βίας, Αἰολέων δὲ τῶν ἐν Λέσβῳ Πιττακὸς Μιτυληναῖος, ἐκ δὲ Δωριέων τῶν ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ Κλεόβουλος Λίνδιος, καὶ Ἀθηναῖός τε Σόλων καὶ Σπαρτιάτης Χίλων· τὸν δὲ ἕβδομον Πλάτων ὁ Ἀρίστωνος ἀντὶ Περιάνδρου τοῦ Κυψέλου Μύσωνα κατείλοχε τὸν Χηνέα· κώμη δὲ ἐν τῇ Οἴτῃ τῷ ὄρει ᾠκοῦντο αἱ Χῆναι. οὗτοι οὖν οἱ ἄνδρες ἀφικόμενοι ἐς Δελφοὺς ἀνέθεσαν τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι τὰ ᾀδόμενα Γνῶθι σαυτὸν καὶ Μηδὲν ἄγαν.Such was the course of the war. In the fore-temple at Delphi are written maxims useful for the life of men, inscribed by those whom the Greeks say were sages. These were: from Ionia, Thales of Miletus and Bias of Priene ; of the Aeolians in Lesbos, Pittacus of Mitylene ; of the Dorians in Asia, Cleobulus of Lindus ; Solon of Athens and Chilon of Sparta ; the seventh sage, according to the list of Plato, See Plat. Prot. 343a . the son of Ariston, is not Periander, the son of Cypselus, but Myson of Chenae, a village on Mount Oeta. These sages, then, came to Delphi and dedicated to Apollo the celebrated maxims, “Know thyself,” and “Nothing in excess.”


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Theognis, Elegies, 226, 225 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

2. Euripides, Electra, 1204, 1201 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1201. πάλιν, πάλιν φρόνημα σὸν 1201. Again, again your thought changes with the breeze; for now you think piously, though you did not before, and you did dreadful things
3. Plato, Charmides, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

164d. I would rather withdraw some of them, and not be ashamed to say my statements were wrong, than concede at any time that a man who is ignorant of himself is temperate. For I would almost say that this very thing, self-knowledge, is temperance, and I am at one with him who put up the inscription of those words at Delphi . For the purpose of that inscription on the temple, as it seems to me, is to serve as the god’s salutation to those who enter it, instead of
4. Plato, Phaedrus, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

229e. of strange, inconceivable, portentous natures. If anyone disbelieves in these, and with a rustic sort of wisdom, undertakes to explain each in accordance with probability, he will need a great deal of leisure. Socrates. But I have no leisure for them at all; and the reason, my friend, is this: I am not yet able, as the Delphic inscription has it, to know myself; so it seems to me ridiculous
5. Plato, Philebus, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

48c. Pro. Yes, very much so. Soc. Surely ignorance is an evil, as is also what we call stupidity. Pro. Surely. Soc. Next, then, consider the nature of the ridiculous. Pro. Please proceed. Soc. The ridiculous is in its main aspect a kind of vice which gives its name to a condition; and it is that part of vice in general which involves the opposite of the condition mentioned in the inscription at Delphi . Pro. You mean Know thyself, Socrates?
6. Plato, Protagoras, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

343b. and dedicated these as the first-fruits of their lore to Apollo in his Delphic temple, inscribing there those maxims which are on every tongue— Know thyself and Nothing overmuch. To what intent do I say this? To show how the ancient philosophy had this style of laconic brevity; and so it was that the saying of Pittacus was privately handed about with high approbation among the sages—that it is hard to be good.
7. Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, None (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

8. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, None (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

9. Plutarch, Against Colotes, None (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

10. Plutarch, Whether An Old Man Should Engage In Public Affairs, 792 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

11. Plutarch, On The E At Delphi, None (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

12. Plutarch, On Talkativeness, None (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

13. Plutarch, Demetrius, 3.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

14. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10.23.1, 10.23.4 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

10.23.1. Brennus and his army were now faced by the Greeks who had mustered at Delphi, and soon portents boding no good to the barbarians were sent by the god, the clearest recorded in history. For the whole ground occupied by the Gallic army was shaken violently most of the day, with continuous thunder and lightning. 10.23.4. All the day the barbarians were beset by calamities and terrors of this kind. But the night was to bring upon them experiences far more painful. For there came on a severe frost, and snow with it; and great rocks slipping from Parnassus, and crags breaking away, made the barbarians their target, the crash of which brought destruction, not on one or two at a time, but on thirty or even more, as they chanced to be gathered in groups, keeping guard or taking rest.
15. Diogenes Laertius, Lives of The Philosophers, 1.13 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

16. Porphyry, On Abstinence, 2.19 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

2.19. 19.But those who have written concerning sacred operations and sacrifices, admonish us to be accurate in preserving what pertains to the popana, because these are more acceptable to the Gods than the sacrifice which is performed through the mactation of animals. Sophocles also, in describing a sacrifice which is pleasing to divinity, says in his Polyidus: The skins of sheep in sacrifice were used, Libations too of wine, grapes well preserved, And fruits collected in a heap of every kind; The olive's pinguid juice, and waxen work Most variegated, of the yellow bee. Formerly, also, there were venerable monuments in Delos of those who came from the Hyperboreans, bearing handfuls [of fruits]. It is necessary, therefore, that, being purified in our manners, we should make oblations, offering to the Gods those sacrifices which are pleasing to them, and not such as are attended with great expense. Now, however, if a man's body is not pure and invested with a splendid garment, he does not think it is qualified for the sanctity of sacrifice. But when he has rendered his body splendid, together with his garment, though his soul at the same time is not, purified from vice, yet he betakes himself to sacrifice, and thinks that it is a thing of no consequence; as if divinity did not especially rejoice in that which is most divine in our nature, when it is in a pure condition, as being allied to his essence. In Epidaurus, therefore, there was the following inscription on the doors of the temple: Into an odorous temple, he who goes Should pure and holy be; but to be wise In what to sanctity pertains, is to be pure. SPAN
17. Epigraphy, Lsam, 29

18. Heraclitus Lesbius, Fragments, 101



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
(prokoptōn) vii Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
account s, scorpion Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
account s, snake / viper Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
animals (general), horse (platos metaphor) Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
animals (general) Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
apollo Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
aristotle Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
bad (evil) Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
belief Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
biography Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
black sea, landscape Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67
cathartic regulations, inscriptional Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
conscience Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
delphi Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67; Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
demostenes Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
diogenes laertius Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
dualism Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
earthquakes Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67
errors (platonist, non-stoic) Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
ethics Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
ethics / ethical theory Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
galen of pergamum Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
gauls Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67
greece, greek philosophers Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
greece Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67
hagneia, in inscriptions Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
hagnos, in inscriptions Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
homicide, intentional Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
homicide law, athenian Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
justice, in inscriptions Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
katharos, in inscriptions Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
knowledge, know thyself Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
knowledge (epistēmē, gnōsis) / epistemology Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
letoon, sanctuary on delos Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
lightning Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67
mentor / pedagogue / overseer viii Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
metaphor Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
meter gallesia Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
mount parnassos Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67
mountains, and the divine Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67
mysteries Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
myth Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67
nature (phusis) / natural, human Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
nurture Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
pan Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67
pausanias, author Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
pausanias Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67; Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
phokis, phokians Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67
plato Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156; Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
platonism (middle / imperial) vi–viii Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
plutarch Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156; Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
pollution, metaphysical Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
priesthood Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
programma Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
rationalising approaches to myth Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67
rocks/stones Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67
sacred regulations (inscriptional) Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
sage (wise person) Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
salvation, seven sages' Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 283
self-awareness Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
socrates Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156; Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
student / disciple Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
temperance (sōphrosunē) / temperate Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
temples Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
thermopylai Konig, The Folds of Olympus: Mountains in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (2022) 67
training (askēsis) Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
vice Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
vice (kakos) / viciousness (kakia) Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156
virtue Rüpke and Woolf, Religious Dimensions of the Self in the Second Century CE (2013) 3
virtue / moral virtue (aretē) Lee, Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind: Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and His Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries (2020) 156