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The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 89 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth

Section 13 (part 56)

οἵ ῥα τότ᾽ ἀλλήλοισι χόλον θυμαλγέ᾽ ἔχοντες 635 συνεχέως ἐμάχοντο δέκα πλείους ἐνιαυτούς· οὐδέ τις ἦν ἔριδος χαλεπῆς λύσις οὐδὲ τελευτὴ οὐδετέροις, ἶσον δὲ τέλος τέτατο πτολέμοιο. Ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δὴ κείνοισι παρέσχεθεν ἄρμενα πάντα, νέκταρ τ᾽ ἀμβροσίην τε, τά περ θεοὶ αὐτοὶ ἔδουσι, 640 πάντων ἐν στήθεσσιν ἀέξετο θυμὸς ἀγήνωρ. [Ὡς νέκταρ τ᾽ ἐπάσαντο καὶ ἀμβροσίην ἐρατεινήν,] δὴ τότε τοῖς μετέειπε πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε· κέκλυτε μευ, Γαίης τε καὶ Οὐρανοῦ ἀγλαὰ τέκνα, ὄφρ᾽ εἴπω, τά με θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι κελεύει. 645 Ἤδη γὰρ μάλα δηρὸν ἐναντίοι ἀλλήλοισι νίκης καὶ κράτεος πέρι μαρνάμεθ᾽ ἤματα πάντα Τιτῆνές τε θεοὶ καὶ ὅσοι Κρόνου ἐκγενόμεσθα.
Themes
Divine Lighttheology

The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.

The text contrasts the darkness of the underworld with being brought 'into the light' as a state of release.

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Separation From Sourcesoteriology

The felt condition of exile from one's divine origin — Rumi's reed flute torn from its bed, Plotinus's 'we have forgotten,' the Gnostic forgetfulness; the affective wound that complements return_to_source and gives the return its motive.

The Titans are described as suffering in exile under the earth, separated from the light and the gods.

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Anthropomorphismtheology

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

[auto] The passage depicts gods like Zeus and Iapetus engaging in distinctly human actions such as marriage, binding prisoners, and establishing monuments.

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