Delphic oracle

天下之大德 日生

생명의 씨줄과 날줄을 받들어 이루어지는 삶이

바로 하늘 아래 가장 큰 보람이고 아름다움이다.

 

신탁(神託, oracle)이란

‘신에게 답변을 부탁’하는 행위로 , 흔히 신탁 , 하나님의 말씀 을 일컫는다.

 

신탁하는 방법 중 가장 흔한 것으로는 신의 뜻을 묻는 사람이 신전에서 잠을 자고 꿈속에서 대답을 받는 방법이 있었다.

 

가장 유명한 신탁은 고대 그리스의 코린트 만(灣) 북쪽의 파르나수스 산 비탈의 델포이 신전에 내리는 아폴론 의 신탁이었다(델포이 신탁; Delphic oracle )

 

Delphi (Greek Δελφοί) was one of the most important religious sites in ancient Greece, renowned for its Delphic oracle (the most famous oracle in the classical Greek world). Delphi was also a sacred Panhellenic sanctuary that included a temple to the god Apollo, where every four years athletes from all over the Greek world competed in the Pythian Games.

 

Delphic oracle

The Pythia (Greek: Πυθία [pyːˈtʰi.a]), commonly known as the Oracle of Delphi, was the priestess at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus in Greece. The Pythia was widely credited for her prophecies inspired by Apollo. The Delphic oracle was established in the 8th century BCE. The last recorded response was given during AD 393, when the Roman Emperor Theodosius I ordered pagan temples to cease operation.

 

Delphic oracle (신탁 神託 )

고대 그리스 델포이의 아폴로 신전에는 두 개의 신탁이 있었는데 오늘날까지 전해진다.

 

*하나는

ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣEΑΥΤΌΝ

γνῶθι σεαυτόν

(gnothi seauton = "know thyself")

그노티 세아우똔 ; 너 자신을 알라

 

*또 다른 하나는

ΜΗΔΕΝ ΑΓΑΝ

μηδὲν ἄγαν

(Meden agan = "nothing in excess")

메덴 아간 ; 중용 中庸을 지키라

= Let there be nothing in excess = 과유불급 過猶不及, 만사에 지나침이 없게 하라.

 

 

Apollo Temple in Delphi, Greece

 

The name Delphoi starts with the same four letters (δελφ) as delphus ("womb"), which may allude to veneration of Gaia, the Earth Goddess, at the site. Indeed, H.W. Parke writes, "Delphi was originally devoted to the worship of the Earth goddess whom the Greeks called Ge, or Gaia (mythology)." Apollo is connected with the site by his epithet Δελφίνιος Delphinios, "the Delphinian." The epithet is tied to dolphins (Greek δελφίς,-ῖνος) in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo (line 400), recounting the legend of how Apollo first came to Delphi in the shape of a dolphin, carrying Cretan priests on his back. The Homeric name of the oracle is Pytho (Πυθώ).

 

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

 

Supposedly carved into the temple were three phrases: γνῶθι σεαυτόν (gnothi seauton = "know thyself") and μηδὲν ἄγαν (meden agan = "nothing in excess"), 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.

 

 

The Temple of Apollo, god of music, harmony and light, occupied the most important and prominent position in the Delphic Panhellenic Sanctuary. The edifice with the partially restored colonnade visible today dates to the 4th century BCE; it is the third temple built at the same place. The famous oracle, the Pythia, operated inside the temple, the location chosen, according to tradition, due to a sacred chasm beneath the site emitting vapors, which were inhaled by the Pythias, who then entered a state of delirium and uttering inarticulate cries, which were then turned into equivocal oracles by the priests.

 

γνῶθι σεαυτόν (gnothi seauton = "know thyself") 그노티 세아우똔 ; 너 자신을 알라

너무도 유명한 신탁이다.

 

μηδὲν ἄγαν (Meden agan = "nothing in excess") 과유불급 過猶不及, 중용 中庸

얼마나 중요하기에 하필이면 "지나치지 말라'는 것이겠는가?

 

적당(適當)이란 게 얼마나 중요한지.

적당히 하는 건 적당주의나 대충하는 게 아니다, 알맞게 하는 것이다.

* '적당한 적당주의'나 '적당히 대충하는 것'은 있을 수도 없고 있어서도 아니된다.

 

사람은 모름지기 적당히 먹고 적당히 운동하고 적당히 일하고 적당히 살아야 할 것이다.

사람은 모름지기 알맞게 먹고 알맞게 운동하고 알맞게 일하고 알맞게 살다가야지할지라. 적당히 자고 적당히 하고 ㅎ~

 

배터지게 과식하고 주색잡기 도박이나 하고 돈노예- 수전노 짓이나 하며 병든 몸으로 오래 살겠다고 몸부림치는 나!

이런 나를 뉘라서 사람이라 일컬어 칭하랴.

 

Μηδέν Άγαν

中庸