The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 50 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth
Section 13 (part 17)
Ὥς φάτο· γήθησεν δὲ μέγα φρεσὶ Γαῖα πελώρη· Εἷσε δέ μιν κρύψασα λόχῳ· ἐνέθηκε δὲ χερσὶν ἅρπην καρχαρόδοντα· δόλον δ᾽ ὑπεθήκατο πάντα.
Themes
◇Anthropomorphismtheology
Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.
[auto] Divine beings are depicted with human characteristics such as gender, parentage, and physical attributes like breasts.
All passages →◇Numerical Mysticismtheology
Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.
[auto] The passage explicitly enumerates nine divine daughters, reflecting the Pythagorean emphasis on significant numbers in divine order.
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