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The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 52 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth

Section 13 (part 19)

Μήδεα δ᾽ ὡς τὸ πρῶτον ἀποτμήξας ἀδάμαντι κάββαλ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἠπείροιο πολυκλύστῳ ἐνὶ πόντῳ, ὣς φέρετ᾽ ἂμ πέλαγος πουλὺν χρόνον, ἀμφὶ δὲ λευκὸς 190 ἀφρὸς ἀπ᾽ ἀθανάτου χροὸς ὤρνυτο· τῷ δ᾽ ἔνι κούρη ἐθρέφθη· πρῶτον δὲ Κυθήροισιν ζαθέοισιν ἔπλητ᾽, ἔνθεν ἔπειτα περίρρυτον ἵκετο Κύπρον.
Themes
Divine Marriagesoteriology

The reunification of complementary divine principles (male-female, spirit-matter) as a symbol of wholeness and salvation.

The text describes the union of Uranus and Gaia in 'desire of love,' representing a complementary divine pairing despite the violent outcome.

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Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

The deities Uranus, Gaia, and Cronus are portrayed as active, dynamic agents with will and desire rather than abstract principles.

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Anthropomorphismtheology

Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.

[auto] The text describes divine beings with human familial relationships (daughters of Zeus) and social roles (attending kings).

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Numerical Mysticismtheology

Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.

[auto] The passage explicitly enumerates the 'nine daughters' (ennea), reflecting the Pythagorean emphasis on numbers as fundamental divine structures.

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