Delphic Maxims in Literature
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781564594235
Subjects: Literary studies: general; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; Philosophy; Literary Criticism
First sentence: On the temple of Apollo at Delphi there were inscribed, of old, three maxims- ("Know thyself"), ("Nothing too much"), and ("Give a pledge, or give security, and trouble is at hand").