The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 68 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth
Section 13 (part 35)
Στὺξ δ᾽ ἔτεκ᾽ Ὠκεανοῦ θυγάτηρ Πάλλαντι μιγεῖσα Ζῆλον καὶ Νίκην καλλίσφυρον ἐν μεγάροισιν· καὶ Κράτος ἠδὲ Βίην ἀριδείκετα γείνατο τέκνα, 385 τῶν οὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἀπάνευθε Διὸς δόμος, οὐδέ τις ἕδρη, οὐδ᾽ ὁδός, ὅππη μὴ κείνοις θεὸς ἡγεμονεύῃ, ἀλλ᾽ αἰεὶ πὰρ Ζηνὶ βαρυκτύπῳ ἑδριόωνται.
Themes
◆Anthropomorphismtheology
Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.
The passage depicts divine beings (Nereus and Doris) engaging in human-like reproduction to produce offspring, attributing human characteristics to the divine.
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, dynamic agents who procreate and shape the cosmos through their unions.
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