Os 7 sábios

Sobre o que significava ser um sophos na Grécia arcaica, uma boa leitura introdutória é

NIGHTINGALE, Andrea Wilson (2000) "Sages, sophists, and philosophers: Greek wisdom literature" In: TAPLIN, Oliver (org.) Literature in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A New Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Sobre os '7', leia:

MARTIN, Richard P. (1993) "The seven sages as performers of wisdom". In: DOUGHERTY, Carol; KURKE, Leslie (org.) Cultural Poetics in Archaic Greece. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press