Beware in Interpretting Angels Bearing Answers

“A man who is theōros [i.e., who consults the Oracle] must be more straight, Kyrnos, being on his guard, than a carpenter's pin and rule and square— a man to whom the priestess [i.e., the Pythia] of the god at Delphi makes a response, revealing a sacred utterance from the opulent shrine. You will not find any remedy left if you add anything, nor will you escape from veering, in the eyes of the gods, if you take anything away.”

- Theognis of Megara (805–810)