Sphinx of Naxos

The Sphinx of Naxos, also Sphinx of the Naxians, now in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, is a 2.22 meter tall marble statue of a sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a woman, the chest and wings composed of the impressive feathers of a prey bird turned upward, and the body of a lioness.

The Sphinx stood on a 10 meter column that culminated in one of the first Ionic capitals, and was erected next to the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, the religious center of Ancient Greece, in 560 BCE.

The first fragments were excavated from the sanctuary of the Temple of Apollo in 1860. The remainder was found in 1893.

Eraclito: "Il carattere di un uomo è il suo destino"

• "L'armonia invisibile è una sfera perfetta e incontaminata. Quella visibile, invece, si deforma continuamente sotto il peso della realtà…"

• "L'apprendere molte cose non insegna l'intelligenza.."

Raphael | The School of Athens, 1509-1511 | Heraclitus, detail | Stanze di Raffaello, Vatican

Saffo | Passione d'amore

Quei parmi in cielo fra gli Dei, se accanto

ti siede, e vede il tuo bel riso, e sente

i dolci detti e l'amoroso canto!

Saffo - Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli

Confucio | Aforismi / Quotes

• Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
• Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
• Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
• Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
• He who will not economize will have to agonize.
• I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Hartwig Kopp-Delaney | Symbolist / Mystical Digital painter