The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 65 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth
Section 13 (part 32)
345 Τίκτε δὲ θυγατέρων ἱερὸν γένος, αἳ κατὰ γαῖαν ἄνδρας κουρίζουσι σὺν Ἀπόλλωνι ἄνακτι καὶ Ποταμοῖς, ταύτην δὲ Διὸς πάρα μοῖραν ἔχουσι, Πειθώ τ᾽ Ἀδμήτη τε Ἰάνθη τ᾽ Ἠλέκτρη τε Δωρίς τε Πρυμνώ τε καὶ Οὐρανίη θεοειδὴς 350 Ἱππώ τε Κλυμένη τε ῾Ρόδειά τε Καλλιρόη τε Ζευξώ τε Κλυτίη τε Ἰδυῖά τε Πασιθόη τε Πληξαύρη τε Γαλαξαύρη τ᾽ ἐρατή τε Διώνη Μηλόβοσίς τε Φόη τε καὶ εὐειδὴς Πολυδώρη Κερκηίς τε φυὴν ἐρατὴ Πλουτώ τε βοῶπις 355 Περσηίς τ᾽ Ἰάνειρά τ᾽ Ἀκάστη τε Ξάνθη τε Πετραίη τ᾽ ἐρόεσσα Μενεσθώ τ᾽ Εὐρώπη τε Μῆτίς τ᾽ Εὐρυνόμη τε Τελεστώ τε κροκόπεπλος Χρυσηίς τ᾽ Ἀσίη τε καὶ ἱμερόεσσα Καλυψὼ Εὐδώρη τε Τύχη τε καὶ Ἀμφιρὼ Ὠκυρόη τε 360 καὶ Στύξ, ἣ δή σφεων
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Anthropomorphismtheology
Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.
[auto] The passage depicts divine beings engaging in human-like familial relationships, such as Uranus calling Titans children and Night bearing offspring.
All passages →Emanation Hierarchycosmology
A chain of divine beings or principles flowing downward from a single transcendent source (the One or the Father), each level less perfect than the one above.
The text outlines a genealogical chain of divine beings descending from primordial sources like Uranus and Night, resembling a hierarchical structure.
All passages →Living Godtheology
The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.
The deities are portrayed as active agents who generate offspring and possess distinct domains rather than static abstract principles.
All passages →Related passages · 6 parallels
neoplatonism|Select Works of Plotinus|Select Works, Section 419
“Section 3 3. The Soul once seen to be thus precious, thus divine, you may hold the faith that by its possession you are already nearing God: in the strength of this power make upwards towards Him: at no great distance you must attain: there…”
Shared concept: Emanation Hierarchy — A chain of divine beings or principles flowing downward from a single transcendent source (the One or the Father), each level less perfect than the one above. (derived)
neoplatonism|Select Works of Plotinus|Select Works, Section 299
“Section 12 12. The souls of men, seeing their images in the mirror of Dionysus as it were, have entered into that realm in a leap downward from the Supreme: yet even they are not cut off from their origin, from the divine Intellect; it is n…”
Shared concept: Emanation Hierarchy — A chain of divine beings or principles flowing downward from a single transcendent source (the One or the Father), each level less perfect than the one above. (derived)
christian_mysticism|Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names|Chapter 4, Section 1k
“and all things are moved by a longing for the Beautiful and Good, to accomplish every outward work and form every act of will.
And true reasoning will also dare to affirm that even the Creator of all things Himself yearneth after all thing…”
Shared concept: Living God — The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality. (derived)
neoplatonism|Iamblichus: On the Mysteries|Chapter XIX
“But neither does the cause [of the energies] of more excellent natures subsist as a certain middle instrument, nor does he who invokes operate through him who prophesies; for to assert these things is impious. And it is much more true to sa…”
Shared concept: Living God — The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality. (derived)
christian_mysticism|Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names|Chapter 2, Section 1o
“Yet It is a Whole because It includes the true existence of all things, and is Partitive because It contains the principle of separate Individuality whereby Christ possesses a Human Soul distinct from all other human souls, and whereby, too…”
Shared concept: Living God — The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality. (derived)
western_esoteric|The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus)|Chapter XIV (part 6)
“The second, symbolized by Eye, is the origin of feminine Grace, of Authority.
We have seen that Power and Authority find their equilibrium in Love.
Each man, a reflected molecule of humanity made in its image, contains in himself an Adam,…”
Shared concept: Anthropomorphism — Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery. (derived)