The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 73 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth
Section 13 (part 40)
Καὶ τοῖς, οἳ γλαυκὴν δυσπέμφελον ἐργάζονται, 440 εὔχονται δ᾽ Ἑκάτῃ καὶ ἐρικτύπῳ Ἐννοσιγαίῳ, ῥηιδίως ἄγρην κυδρὴ θεὸς ὤπασε πολλήν, ῥεῖα δ᾽ ἀφείλετο φαινομένην, ἐθέλουσά γε θυμῷ.
Ἐσθλὴ δ᾽ ἐν σταθμοῖσι σὺν Ἑρμῇ ληίδ᾽ ἀέξειν· βουκολίας δ᾽ ἀγέλας τε καὶ αἰπόλια πλατέ᾽ αἰγῶν 445 ποίμνας τ᾽ εἰροπόκων ὀίων, θυμῷ γ᾽ ἐθέλουσα, ἐξ ὀλίγων βριάει καὶ ἐκ πολλῶν μείονα θῆκεν.
Οὕτω τοι καὶ μουνογενὴς ἐκ μητρὸς ἐοῦσα πᾶσι μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι τετίμηται γεράεσσιν.
Θῆκε δέ μιν Κρονίδης κουροτρόφον, οἳ μετ᾽ ἐκείνην 450 ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἴδοντο φάος πολυδερκέος Ἠοῦς.
Οὕτως ἐξ ἀρχῆς κουροτρόφος, αἳ δέ τε τιμαί.
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But if all this is true, what room is left for evil?
Where are we to place wrong-doing and sin?
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And how comes…”
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