Golden Verses

Fyodor Bronnikov, Pythagoreans' Hymn to the Rising Sun, 1869.[1]
Oil on canvas.

The Golden Verses (Greek: ἔπη χρυσᾶ or χρύσεα ἔπη, Chrysea Epē [kʰrýsea épɛː]; Latin: Aurea Carmina) are a collection of moral exhortations comprising 71 lines written in dactylic hexameter. They are traditionally attributed to the Pythagorean philosophers.[2]

  1. ^ Петровъ, Иванъ (20 August 2007). "1000 русских художников 228: Бронников Федор Андреевич (1827–1902)" [1000 Russian Artists #228: Fyodor Bronnikov] (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  2. ^ Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Golden Verses