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Aphorism

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A concise general truth in one or two strokes. Not proverb as traditional saying alone, and not epigram as witty verse.

Hellenic religion

  • Aphorism appears in Hellenic religion.

    Hesiod’s wisdom lines work as short aphoristic counsel. A named aphorism craft in that corpus, not proverb as Vedic gnomic speech alone and not a modern quote dump.

    from Hesiod · Theogony, c. 700 BCE

    appears in · sourced · documented

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