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The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 107 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth

Section 13 (part 74)

Καῦμα δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων κάτεχεν ἰοειδέα πόντον βροντῆς τε στεροπῆς τε, πυρός τ᾽ ἀπὸ τοῖο πελώρου, 845 [πρηστήρων ἀνέμων τε κεραυνοῦ τε φλεγέθοντος.] ἔζεε δὲ χθὼν πᾶσα καὶ οὐρανὸς ἠδὲ θάλασσα· θυῖε δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἀμφ᾽ ἀκτὰς περί τ᾽ ἀμφί τε κύματα μακρὰ ῥιπῇ ὕπ᾽ ἀθανάτων, ἔνοσις δ᾽ ἄσβεστος ὀρώρει· τρέε δ᾽ Ἀίδης, ἐνέροισι καταφθιμένοισιν ἀνάσσων, 850 Τιτῆνές θ᾽ ὑποταρτάριοι, Κρόνον ἀμφὶς ἐόντες, [ἀσβέστου κελάδοιο καὶ αἰνῆς δηιοτῆτος.] Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἐπεὶ οὖν κόρθυνεν ἑὸν μένος, εἵλετο δ᾽ ὅπλα, βροντήν τε στεροπήν τε καὶ αἰθαλόεντα κεραυνόν, πλῆξεν ἀπ᾽ Οὐλύμποιο ἐπάλμενος· ἀμφὶ δὲ πάσας 855 ἔπρεσε θεσπεσίας κεφαλὰς δεινοῖο πελώρου.
Themes
Anthropomorphismtheology

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

The text explicitly attributes human physical characteristics ('feet') to the divine Lord, embodying the concept of anthropomorphic divine imagery.

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Cosmic Sympathycosmology

The Stoic and Plotinian doctrine that all parts of the cosmos are bound by hidden affinities, so that a movement in one part resonates through the whole; the metaphysical basis for astrology, magic, and divination.

The groaning of the earth in response to the Lord's movement on Olympus implies a resonant connection between the divine realm and the material world.

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Living Godtheology

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

The passage depicts a dynamic divine Lord whose movement actively causes the cosmos (Olympus and Earth) to react, fitting the definition of an active, present reality.

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