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Epimenides, prophet and theosophist, was from Phaistos. Epimenides was invited to Athens in 596 BC. He was considered one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. Because of his friendship with Solon, he is often presented with Solon. According to Phaistos disc, Solon had visited Phaistos. He was initiated to the Orphics of the Phaistians; he made sacrifice and promised never to change his mind.
The Disc of Phaistos was found in the northern part of the city, in mixed layer of Palatial and Hellenistic layers. It was believed that the text was hymn to divinity. The text is written in Greek Cretan dialect. Actually, it is message of the Phaistians to the one who would find the disc in the future. In that Disc, there is the description of the civilisation of that time until the Hellenistic age, with text, images, geometric figures and Orphic symbols. The disc is exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Herakleion. It is one of the human masterpieces through the ages. The value of the disc will be recognised only when top astrophysicists, scientist of religion, mathematicians, geometricians, seismologists, geologists, historians will analyse through their science the context of the “message” that the Phaistians sent to us. The Greek text of the Disc is the following.
Side A: ΟΣ ΟΤΑΝ ΟΤΕΩΝ ΟΣΨΙΑ ΠΟΛΙΝ ΦΕΣΤΟ ΟΣΟ ΕΣΟ. ΟΤΑΝ ΠΟΛΙΝ ΟΣΥ ΙΠΙ. ΠΟΛΙ ΟΤΑΝ ΟΨΕΕΙ ΟΛΟ ΣΕΙ. ΕΡΦΕΦΕΙ ΟΕΩΝ ΜΥΣΝ. ΕΜΦΕΟ ΟΤΕΩΝ ΣΟΛΩΝ ΟΨΟΙ ΑΣΤΥ. ΟΡΦΕΩ ΤΩΝ ΟΤΕΩΝ ΕΟΣΟ ΟΜΝΩΝ.
Translation: “when, in whatever far future you will be in the covered city of them, on which the text is. When the city was buried under the land in this way. When, as it seems, the city quivers all the time. After he came back, they speechified and initiated him. Self-exiled, as it seems, Solon in their city. In their Orphics he swore.”
Side B: ΕΟΙ ΟΙ ΞΕΙΕΤΕΩΝ. ΕΟΙ ΕΥΤ ΟΛΩΝ. ΩΣΥ ΥΡΣΩ ΟΣΕΕΝΩΝ ΣΥΩΝ. ΟΙ ΣΤΙΕΩΝ ΣΥΩΝ. ΤΩ ΞΕΙΕΤΕΩΝ ΣΥΩΝ. ΟΙ ΣΤΙΕΩΝ ΟΨ ΕΤΕΟΝ ΟΜΝΩ. ΕΥΝΩΝ ΕΣΟ. ΑΣΜΩΝ ΠΙΩ. ΟΟΣΩ ΟΜΟΩΝ ΑΙΝ. ΩΣΥ ΟΜΦΕ ΣΟΛΩΝ.
Translation: Gods of the hosts. Gods to whom they all pray and sacrifice. Like at Yrsos, every year (they sacrifice) hogs. To (the Gods) of the Stieans, they offer hogs. For this reason, they offer hogs to the Gods of the hosts. Indeed, I swear by the Gods of the Stieans. I like you. I am pleased. And I foresee that I shall be forever of the same mind with you. Thus, Solon foresaw.
ANTONIS THOMAS VASILAKIS
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