The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 90 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth
Section 13 (part 57)
Ὑμεῖς δὲ μεγάλην τε βίην καὶ χεῖρας ἀάπτους φαίνετε Τιτήνεσσιν ἐναντίοι ἐν δαῒ λυγρῇ 650 μνησάμενοι φιλότητος ἐνηέος, ὅσσα παθόντες ἐς φάος ἂψ ἀφίκεσθε δυσηλεγέος ὑπὸ δεσμοῦ ἡμετέρας διὰ βουλὰς ὑπὸ ζόφου ἠερόεντος.
Ὥς φάτο· τὸν δ᾽ ἐξαῦτις ἀμείβετο Κόττος ἀμύμων· δαιμόνι᾽, οὐκ ἀδάητα πιφαύσκεαι· ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοὶ 655 ἴδμεν, ὅ τοι περὶ μὲν πραπίδες, περὶ δ᾽ ἐστὶ νόημα, ἀλκτὴρ δ᾽ ἀθανάτοισιν ἀρῆς γένεο κρυεροῖο.
Σῇσι δ᾽ ἐπιφροσύνῃσιν ὑπὸ ζόφου ἠερόεντος ἄψορρον δεῦρ᾽ αὖτις ἀμειλίκτων ὑπὸ δεσμῶν ἠλύθομεν, Κρόνου υἱὲ ἄναξ, ἀνάελπτα παθόντες.
Themes
◆Living Godtheology
The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.
The deities are portrayed as active, dynamic agents who intervene directly in cosmic affairs and consume divine sustenance.
All passages →◇Anthropomorphismtheology
Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.
[auto] The passage depicts gods eating ambrosia, feeling wrath, fighting physically, and speaking with human-like familial relationships.
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