The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 70 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth
Section 13 (part 37)
Ὥς δ᾽ αὔτως πάντεσσι διαμπερές, ὥς περ ὑπέστη, ἐξετέλεσσ᾽· αὐτὸς δὲ μέγα κρατεῖ ἠδὲ ἀνάσσει.
Φοίβη δ᾽ αὖ Κοίου πολυήρατον ἦλθεν ἐς εὐνήν· κυσαμένη δὴ ἔπειτα θεὰ θεοῦ ἐν φιλότητι 405 Λητὼ κυανόπεπλον ἐγείνατο, μείλιχον αἰεί, μείλιχον ἐξ ἀρχῆς, ἀγανώτατον ἐντὸς Ὀλύμπου, 408 ἤπιον ἀνθρώποισι καὶ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσιν.
407 Γείνατο δ᾽ Ἀστερίην ἐυώνυμον, ἥν ποτε Πέρσης ἠγάγετ᾽ ἐς μέγα δῶμα φίλην κεκλῆσθαι ἄκοιτιν.
410 Ἤ δ᾽ ὑποκυσαμένη Ἑκάτην τέκε, τὴν περὶ πάντων Ζεὺς Κρονίδης τίμησε· πόρεν δέ οἱ ἀγλαὰ δῶρα, μοῖραν ἔχειν γαίης τε καὶ ἀτρυγέτοιο θαλάσσης.
Ἥ δὲ καὶ ἀστερόεντος ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ ἔμμορε τιμῆς ἀθανάτοις τε θεοῖσι τετιμένη ἐστὶ μάλιστα.
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Anthropomorphismtheology
Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.
The passage depicts deities with human characteristics, such as Zeus giving gifts and Styx having children who walk to Olympus.
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Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.
Styx is established as the great oath of the gods, functioning as a sacred formula with binding ontological power in divine relations.
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