Sunday, September 21, 2008

Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas

This untranslatable palindromic charm, discovered as graffiti in Pompeii, dates back to the first century CE. Written as a “magic square,” the sentence reads the same left to right, bottom to top, top to bottom, and backwards.

2 comments:

Tamara said...

I love the Sator Square!

saytor said...

Symetry is .is, and will always be a part of my life .. Spite nor sprite ... Be Kind .. Please rewind ameri cemmentis .. Augmentus