Source books · Greek and Roman mysteries
The Golden Verses
How this book fits
- Traditions
- Greek and Roman mysteries
- Role in the tradition
- Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.
- Public attention
- Major Wikipedia has an article about it in 12 languages.
Read it
- Read at sacred-texts.com ↗ sacred-texts.com checked against the Internet Archive's copy of September 03, 2025, because the site refuses scripts · archived copy
- with Fabre d'Olivet's commentary ↗ sacred-texts.com checked against the Internet Archive's copy of May 30, 2025, because the site refuses scripts · archived copy
- Read at gutenberg.org ↗ gutenberg.org checked September 11, 2026
From Wikipedia
The Golden Verses are a collection of moral exhortations comprising 71 lines written in dactylic hexameter. They are traditionally attributed to the Pythagorean philosophers.
From the Wikipedia article Golden Verses, revision 1369211805, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q1046042: “literary work”.