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The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 71 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth

Section 13 (part 38)

415 Καὶ γὰρ νῦν, ὅτε πού τις ἐπιχθονίων ἀνθρώπων ἔρδων ἱερὰ καλὰ κατὰ νόμον ἱλάσκηται, κικλῄσκει Ἑκάτην· πολλή τέ οἱ ἕσπετο τιμὴ ῥεῖα μάλ᾽, ᾧ πρόφρων γε θεὰ ὑποδέξεται εὐχάς, καί τέ οἱ ὄλβον ὀπάζει, ἐπεὶ δύναμίς γε πάρεστιν. 420 Ὅσσοι γὰρ Γαίης τε καὶ Οὐρανοῦ ἐξεγένοντο καὶ τιμὴν ἔλαχον, τούτων ἔχει αἶσαν ἁπάντων. Οὐδέ τί μιν Κρονίδης ἐβιήσατο οὐδέ τ᾽ ἀπηύρα, ὅσσ᾽ ἔλαχεν Τιτῆσι μετὰ προτέροισι θεοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἔχει, ὡς τὸ πρῶτον ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς ἔπλετο δασμός, 425 καὶ γέρας ἐν γαίῃ τε καὶ οὐρανῷ ἠδὲ θαλάσσῃ· 427 οὐδ᾽, ὅτι μουνογενής, ἧσσον θεὰ ἔμμορε τιμῆς, 426 ἀλλ᾽ ἔτι καὶ πολὺ μᾶλλον, ἐπεὶ Ζεὺς τίεται αὐτήν.
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Anthropomorphismtheology

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

[auto] The text depicts Zeus dwelling in a house and divine figures engaging in lineage and physical actions, attributing human characteristics to the divine.

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Divine Lighttheology

The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.

References to Phoebus (the Bright) and the starry sky imply a divine luminous quality associated with the gods.

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Divine Marriagesoteriology

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

Divine unions are central to the narrative, with gods coming together in love and bed to produce offspring.

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Divine Providencetheology

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

Zeus is depicted actively ordering the cosmos by assigning specific shares of earth and sea to Hecate.

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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 are portrayed as dynamic, active agents who rule, give gifts, and interact with one another.

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Return To Sourcesoteriology

The soul's journey back to its divine origin, reversing the fall into matter through stages of purification or illumination.

[auto] Reaching the immortals after abandoning the earth suggests a return to the divine origin or state of being.

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Spiritual Ascentpraxis

A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.

[auto] The passage explicitly describes leaving the earth to reach the immortals, indicating an upward journey from the material realm to the divine.

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