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General view of the site of the Telesterion in Eleusis Another View of Telesterion (Initiation Hall), Center for the Eleusinian Mysteries, Eleusis. The Telesterion ("Initiation Hall" from Gr. τελείω, "to complete, to fulfill, to consecrate, to initiate") was a great hall and sanctuary in Eleusis, one of the primary centers of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
The first known reference to the Seven Sages is in Plato's Protagoras, where they are said to have collectively authored the first two maxims. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The names of the sages are given by Plato as Thales , Pittacus , Bias , Solon , Cleobulus , Myson and Chilon ; but in the works of later writers, some of these names are dropped and others ...
The Four Sages, Assessors, [1] or Correlates (Chinese: 四 配; pinyin: Sì Pèi), are four eminent Chinese philosophers in the Confucian tradition. They are traditionally accorded a kind of sainthood and their spirit tablets are prominently placed in Confucian temples, two upon the east and two upon the west side of the Hall of the Great Completion (Dacheng Dian).
A sage (Ancient Greek: σοφός, sophós), in classical philosophy, is someone who has attained wisdom.The term has also been used interchangeably with a 'good person' (Ancient Greek: ἀγαθός, agathós), and a 'virtuous person' (Ancient Greek: σπουδαῖος, spoudaîos).
Apkallu or and Abgal (𒉣𒈨; Akkadian and Sumerian, respectively [1]) are terms found in cuneiform inscriptions that in general mean either "wise" or "sage".. In several contexts the Apkallu are seven demigods, sometimes described as part man and part fish or bird, associated with human wisdom; these creatures are often referred to in scholarly literature as the Seven Sages.
The Seven Wise Masters (also called the Seven Sages or Seven Wise Men) is a cycle of stories of Sanskrit, Persian or Hebrew origins. Emperor Pontianus, his son ...
The Seven Sages (Latin: Septem Sapientes), depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle. The list of the seven sages given in Plato's Protagoras comprises: [1] Thales of Miletus (c. 624 BCE – c. 546 BCE) is the first well-known Greek philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer. He was said to be of Phoenician descent.
The Kumaras are four sages from the Puranic texts of Hinduism who roam the universe as children, [1] [2] generally named Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana, and Sanatkumara. [3] They are described as the first mind-born creations and sons of the creator-god Brahma.