The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 77 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth
Section 13 (part 44)
Τὸν τόθ᾽ ἑλὼν χείρεσσιν ἑὴν ἐσκάτθετο νηδὺν σχέτλιος· οὐδ᾽ ἐνόησε μετὰ φρεσίν, ὥς οἱ ὀπίσσω ἀντὶ λίθου ἑὸς υἱὸς ἀνίκητος καὶ ἀκηδὴς λείπεθ᾽, ὅ μιν τάχ᾽ ἔμελλε βίῃ καὶ χερσὶ δαμάσσας 490 τιμῆς ἐξελάειν, ὃ δ᾽ ἐν ἀθανάτοισι ἀνάξειν.
Καρπαλίμως δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔπειτα μένος καὶ φαίδιμα γυῖα ηὔξετο τοῖο ἄνακτος· ἐπιπλομένων δ᾽ ἐνιαυτῶν [Γαίης ἐννεσίῃσι πολυφραδέεσσι δολωθεὶς] ὃν γόνον ἄψ ἀνέηκε μέγας Κρόνος ἀγκυλομήτης 495 νικηθεὶς τέχνῃσι βίηφί τε παιδὸς ἑοῖο.
Themes
◆Living Godtheology
The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.
The text portrays the divine as active, dynamic agents who intervene in history to nurture and protect Zeus.
All passages →◇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, reproduction, and emotions such as love.
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