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The Golden Verses of Pythagoras (trans. N. L. Redfield, 1917)

Golden Verses of Pythagoras, lines 1–3 (trans. Nayán Louise Redfield of Fabre d'Olivet's edition, 1917)

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“First worship the Immortal Gods, as they are established and ordained by the Law. Reverence the Oath, and next the Heroes, full of goodness and light.”— Golden Verses of Pythagoras, lines 1–3 (trans. Nayán Louise Redfield of Fabre d'Olivet's edition, 1917)

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The Golden Verses of Pythagoras

And Other Pythagorean Fragments

Selected and Arranged by Florence M. Firth

With an Introduction by Annie Besant

[1904]

This little collection of sayings, attributed to the Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras and his followers, embody what we know about his teachings today. Besides exhortations to live a moral, simple and contemplative life, these pithy aphorisms allow a glimpse of a bit of the Pythagorean schools' deeper knowledge.

A detailed study of the Golden Verses by the French esoteric writer Fabre d'Olivet is also available at this site.

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Notes on the Golden Verses of Pythagoras from the Commentaries of Hierocles

The Golden Sentences of Democrates

The Pythagorean Sentences of Demophilus

The Similitudes of Demophilus

Pythagorean Ethical Sentences from Stobæus

Select Sentences of Sextus the Pythagorean

Pythagorean Sentences from the Protreptics of Iamblichus

The Symbols of Pythagoras