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The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 88 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth

Section 13 (part 55)

620 Ἔνθ᾽ οἵ γ᾽ ἄλγε᾽ ἔχοντες ὑπὸ χθονὶ ναιετάοντες ἥατ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐσχατιῇ, μεγάλης ἐν πείρασι γαίης, δηθὰ μάλ᾽ ἀχνύμενοι, κραδίῃ μέγα πένθος ἔχοντες. ἀλλά σφεας Κρονίδης τε καὶ ἀθάνατοι θεοὶ ἄλλοι, οὓς τέκεν ἠύκομος ῾Ρείη Κρόνου ἐν φιλότητι, 625 Γαίης φραδμοσύνῃσιν ἀνήγαγον ἐς φάος αὖτις· αὐτὴ γάρ σφιν ἅπαντα διηνεκέως κατέλεξε σὺν κείνοις νίκην τε καὶ ἀγλαὸν εὖχος ἀρέσθαι. δηρὸν γὰρ μάρναντο πόνον θυμαλγέ᾽ ἔχοντες ἀντίον ἀλλήλοισι διὰ κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας, 631 Τιτῆνές τε θεοὶ καὶ ὅσοι Κρόνου ἐξεγένοντο· 630 οἳ μὲν ἀφ᾽ ὑψηλῆς Ὄθρυος Τιτῆνες ἀγαυοί, οἳ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἀπ᾽ Οὐλύμποιο θεοί, δωτῆρες ἐάων, οὓς τέκεν ἠύκομος ῾Ρείη Κρόνῳ εὐνηθεῖσα.
Themes
Anthropomorphismtheology

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

Zeus is depicted with human-like attributes such as a 'mind' (nous), fatherhood, and the capacity to conceive and bind physically.

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Forbidden Knowledgesoteriology

Transgressive knowing acquired against divine prohibition — the Watchers' teaching of metallurgy, sorcery, and cosmetics in 1 Enoch, the Gnostic Eve narratives, the Promethean mytheme; explicitly contrasted with gnosis_direct_knowledge, which is salvific.

The mention of Prometheus and his heavy punishment alludes to the mytheme of transgressive knowledge or fire stolen against divine will.

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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.

[auto] The passage centrally asserts that it is impossible to escape the mind or will of Zeus, indicating a divine ordering power over all events.

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