今天看到这样一个内容:
Inscribed at Apollo's temple at Delphi, which became–well, the Greeks came to call it the navel of the universe, but it certainly became the center of the Greek world--and which was also seen as a central place of importance by non-Greeks who were on the borders of the Greek world.
That temple at Delphi had written above the Temple these words, "Know Thyself," and another statement, "Nothing in Excess." I think those together really mean this: know your own limitations as a fallible mortal and then exercise moderation because you are not divine, you are mortal.
在希腊古都特尔斐有一座阿波罗寺庙,它至今保存完好。希腊人把它称作宇宙的肚脐眼,但它的确是希腊人的中心,就连希腊附近国家的非希腊人也把它当作重要的朝圣之地。
在这座寺庙的上方镌刻着这样几