The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 101 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth
Section 13 (part 68)
Παῦρα δὲ Θαύμαντος θυγάτηρ πόδας ὠκέα Ἶρις 780 ἀγγελίην πωλεῖται ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης.
Ὁππότ᾽ ἔρις καὶ νεῖκος ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν ὄρηται καί ῥ᾽ ὅς τις ψεύδηται Ὀλύμπια δώματ᾽ ἐχόντων, Ζεὺς δέ τε Ἶριν ἔπεμψε θεῶν μέγαν ὅρκον ἐνεῖκαι τηλόθεν ἐν χρυσέῃ προχόῳ πολυώνυμον ὕδωρ 785 ψυχρόν, ὅτ᾽ ἐκ πέτρης καταλείβεται ἠλιβάτοιο ὑψηλῆς· πολλὸν δὲ ὑπὸ χθονὸς εὐρυοδείης ἐξ ἱεροῦ ποταμοῖο ῥέει διὰ νύκτα μέλαιναν Ὠκεανοῖο κέρας· δεκάτη δ᾽ ἐπὶ μοῖρα δέδασται· ἐννέα μὲν περὶ γῆν τε καὶ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης 790 δίνῃς ἀργυρέῃς εἱλιγμένος εἰς ἅλα πίπτει, ἣ δὲ μί᾽ ἐκ πέτρης προρέει μέγα πῆμα θεοῖσιν.
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Funerary Navigationpraxis
Texts and rituals guiding the soul through death.
The passage details the geography of the underworld, including gates, guardians, and rivers, serving as a map for the dead.
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Guided passage of the soul through afterlife realms.
It describes the destination and barriers of the soul's passage into the afterlife realm ruled by Hades and Persephone.
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The soul's journey back to its divine origin, reversing the fall into matter through stages of purification or illumination.
[auto] The passage explicitly describes the soul's release from evil bonds and darkness back into the light (ἐς φὼς ἂψ ἀφῆκεσθε), representing a central theme of returning to the divine origin.
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