The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 80 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth
Section 13 (part 47)
520 Δῆσε δ᾽ ἀλυκτοπέδῃσι Προμηθέα ποικιλόβουλον δεσμοῖς ἀργαλέοισι μέσον διὰ κίον᾽ ἐλάσσας· καί οἱ ἐπ᾽ αἰετὸν ὦρσε τανύπτερον· αὐτὰρ ὅ γ᾽ ἧπαρ ἤσθιεν ἀθάνατον, τὸ δ᾽ ἀέξετο ἶσον ἁπάντη νυκτός, ὅσον πρόπαν ἦμαρ ἔδοι τανυσίπτερος ὄρνις.
525 Τὸν μὲν ἄρ᾽ Ἀλκμήνης καλλισφύρου ἄλκιμος υἱὸς Ἡρακλέης ἔκτεινε, κακὴν δ᾽ ἀπὸ νοῦσον ἄλαλκεν Ἰαπετιονίδῃ καὶ ἐλύσατο δυσφροσυνάων οὐκ ἀέκητι Ζηνὸς Ὀλυμπίου ὑψιμέδοντος, ὄφρ᾽ Ἡρακλῆος Θηβαγενέος κλέος εἴη 530 πλεῖον ἔτ᾽ ἢ τὸ πάροιθεν ἐπὶ χθόνα πουλυβότειραν.
Ταῦτά γ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἁζόμενος τίμα ἀριδείκετον υἱόν· καί περ χωόμενος παύθη χόλου, ὃν πρὶν ἔχεσκεν, οὕνεκ᾽ ἐρίζετο βουλὰς ὑπερμενέει Κρονίωνι.
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Anthropomorphismtheology
Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.
[auto] The passage depicts gods engaging in human-like activities such as speaking, granting honors, and maintaining familial relationships.
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A binding agreement or relationship between the divine and a people or individual, establishing mutual obligations.
[auto] Zeus establishes a binding agreement with Styx, promising honor and status in exchange for her allegiance during the divine conflict.
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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.
The passage explicitly states that Zeus and Themis allotted the fate (moira) for Atlas to hold the sky, indicating divine ordering of cosmic affairs.
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The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.
[auto] The deities are portrayed as active, personal agents who communicate, move, and bestow gifts rather than abstract principles.
All passages →Sacred Namestheology
Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.
Styx is designated as the great oath of the gods, implying her name or nature carries binding ontological power.
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