Apollo Temple - Delphi

Beautiful,nice place to go...

regards SashM

Yes, Sash M,

Delfi is one in many place 'must to see' in Greece.

Thanks for you nice comment.

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Delphi

became the site of a major temple to Phoebus Apollo, as well as the Pythian Games and the famous prehistoric oracle.

Even in Roman times, hundreds of votive statues remained, described by Pliny the Younger and seen by Pausanias. Supposedly carved into the temple were three phrases: γνῶθι σεαυτόν (gnothi seauton = "know thyself") and μηδὲν ἄγαν (meden agan = "nothing in excess"), and ̓Εγγύα πάρα δ' ἄτη (eggua para d'atē = "make a pledge and mischief is nigh"),[5] as well as a large letter E.

Among other things epsilon signifies the number 5. Plutarch's essay on the meaning of the “E at Delphi" is the only literary source for the inscription.

In ancient times, the origin of these phrases was attributed to one or more of the Seven Sages of Greece, though ancient as well as modern scholars have doubted the legitimacy of such ascriptions. According to one pair of scholars,

"The actual authorship of the three maxims set up on the Delphian temple may be left uncertain. Most likely they were popular proverbs, which tended later to be attributed to particular sages."-wkipedia-

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Nadia

Interesting picture and description !

Thanks Anna,

For your nice comments.

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