Wisdom of Ancient Greece: Saying and Doing

Author: Wang Yubei (Compiler), Wei Erqiao (Illustrator)
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: The wisdom of ancient Greece is vast and profound, scattered across countless ancient texts. Among over 2,000 collected and organized entries, more than a hundred of the most important ones have been selected. Below each original text and its annotations, an illustration is paired, giving the visuals an ancient charm while remaining light and lively. Both in content and form, it is truly "unique and unconventional."
There is a touching story that has been passed down: Once, a fisherman from Miletus was fishing and caught a three-legged tripod. Some Ionian young men had already paid money in advance for anything caught by the Miletians. A dispute then arose: whether the tripod constituted part of the catch. The two sides argued back and forth, neither yielding. Eventually, the Miletian fisherman went to the Delphi Temple and asked the oracle, "Who will possess this tripod?" The oracle replied, "The one with wisdom." So they gave it to the wise man Thales. Thales, upon receiving it, felt his own ignorance and passed the tripod to other wise men, who eventually passed it to Solon. Solon believed that the gods were the wisest and returned the tripod to the Delphi Temple. Stories like this are many, so let us return to the beginning!
This book uses single-panel comics, pairing an illustration with each segment of original text and annotations. In this illustrated format, it collects the wisdom of ancient Greece scattered across countless ancient texts, with over 500 entries. This volume includes content such as Lycurgus, Solon, Chilon, Bias, and Pittacus.