Talk:Know thyself

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[edit] sp.?

I have usually seen it spelled "gnothi seauton" and not "gnothi sauton". Should we change it? Haiduc 13:03, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes. The Greek contains the letter epsilon, which should be transliterated as "e". Incidentally, does anyone know how to pronounce it? 213.249.135.36 20:35, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Pronounce gn'o:t^hi sɛɑwt'on classically, or you could fricativize the theta, as gn'o:θi sɛɑawt'on, but that was a relatively later pronunciation, end of the classical era. Rusco 14:16, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

"gnothi seauton" would be an Attic rendering. As it was written at the temple, the epsilon was probably contracted into into the 'au' diphthong, for "sauton" rather than seauton. --70.54.5.246 (talk) 03:30, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sentence in question

This sentence, needs a citation, otherwise it reads as an opinion bt without attribution to a notable source. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 18:15, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Apollo was often portrayed as a god of apportionment, who from his vantage point could see what was coming to everyone. More than a statement encouraging self identity, this phrase originally meant something more akin to "Know your place", reminding visitors that neither they nor the temple staff were gods, the true god was Apollo.

[edit] peace and love

I don't see it referenced, but isn't the prevailing view among classicists that the meaning was not New Age self-awareness, but something closer to 'remember who you are' - ie you are not gods, but men. So it has something like the opposite meaning; not personal expansion, but restraint. I think we need an expert opinion. Hakluyt bean 12:23, 27 April 2007 (UTC)