Fyodor Bronnikov, Pythagoreans' Hymn to the Rising Sun, 1869.[1] Oil on canvas.
The Golden Verses (Greek: ἔπη χρυσᾶ or χρύσεα ἔπη, Chrysea Epē[kʰrýseaépɛː]; 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]
^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.
^Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Golden Verses
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