Section 13 (part 53)

The material body viewed as a prison, tomb, or source of error that hinders spiritual knowledge and return.

Women are described as a 'great plague' and source of sorrow for mortals, aligning with the mystical view of material form or the feminine principle as hindering spiritual well-being.

Ontological opposition between two primal principles (light/darkness, truth/lie, spirit/matter) as the fundamental structure of reality.

The passage explicitly contrasts evil with good ('κακὸν ἀντ᾽ ἀγαθοῖο') as fundamental elements introduced into the world by divine craft.

A secondary creator deity—often ignorant or malevolent—responsible for fashioning the material world, distinct from the supreme transcendent God.

Divine beings are depicted fashioning a creation ('τεῦξε') that traps humanity, reflecting the demiurgic act of world-making distinct from pure transcendence.

Augustinian and Plotinian doctrine that evil has no positive being of its own but is a lack, distortion, or absence of the good — denying ontological dualism while preserving moral seriousness.

The text frames evil as a substitution for good ('instead of good'), suggesting a lack or distortion rather than independent being.

The divine reason, word, or ordering principle through which the universe was created; mediates between the transcendent God and the material world.

The text references the 'counsel of great Zeus' (Διὸς ... βουλάς) as a guiding reason or plan behind the events.

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

[auto] The passage depicts gods engaging in distinctly human behaviors such as swallowing children, feeling grief, praying, and plotting familial succession.

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

[auto] The divine beings (Zeus, Cronus, Rhea, Gaia, Uranus) are portrayed as active, dynamic agents with will and emotion rather than abstract principles.