Save Time - Χρόνου Φείδου - Delphic Maxim - Temple of Apollo at Delphi - Small - Paperweight - Pure Bronze Statue
Condition: New, Made in Greece. Material: Pure Bronze Height: 6 cm - 2,4 inches Width: 5 cm - 2 inches Weight: 120 g
The
Delphic maxims are a set of maxims inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at
Delphi. Originally, they were said to have been given by the Greek god
Apollo's Oracle at Delphi, Pythia, and therefore were attributed to
Apollo. The 3rd century doxographer Diogenes Laertius attributed them to
the Seven Sages of Greece as did the 5th century scholar Stobaeus.
Contemporary scholars, however, hold that their original authorship is
uncertain, and that "most likely they were popular proverbs, which
tended later to be attributed to particular sages." Roman educator
Quintilian argued that students should copy those aphorisms often to
improve their moral core.Perhaps the most famous of these maxims is
'know thyself,' which was the first of three maxims carved above the
entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.