Herodotus (490-425/420 BCE)
“Guard the head well, and the head will save the body.”
- A prophecy from the Oracle of Delphi for the city of Argos, recorded by Herodotus in Book 7 (section 148) of The Histories, translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt and revised by John Marincola (Penguin Classics, 2002).
