“Know yourself” is not a hard command:
but of all the gods only Zeus can do it.
τὸ γνῶθι σαυτὸν τοῦτ’ ἔπος μὲν οὐ μέγα,
ἔργον δ’ ὅσον Ζεὺς μόνος ἐπίσταται θεῶν
The Zeus I know doesn’t seem all that self-aware…
(Ion’s the dude from Chios)
Ion of Chios, fr. 55
Reblogged this on Linear B, Knossos & Mycenae and commented:
So true!