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The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 116 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth

Section 13 (part 83)

960 ἣ δέ οἱ Μήδειαν ἐύσφυρον ἐν φιλότητι γείναθ᾽ ὑποδμηθεῖσα διὰ χρυσέην Ἀφροδίτην. Ἡμεῖς μὲν νῦν χαίρετ᾽, Ὀλύμπια δώματ᾽ ἔχοντες, νῆσοί τ᾽ ἤπειροί τε καὶ ἁλμυρὸς ἔνδοθι πόντος. Νῦν δὲ θεάων φῦλον ἀείσατε, ἡδυέπειαι 965 Μοῦσαι Ὀλυμπιάδες, κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο, ὅσσαι δὴ θνητοῖσι παρ᾽ ἀνδράσιν εὐνηθεῖσαι ἀθάναται γείναντο θεοῖς ἐπιείκελα τέκνα. Δημήτηρ μὲν Πλοῦτον ἐγείνατο, δῖα θεάων, Ἰασίων᾽ ἥρωι μιγεῖσ᾽ ἐρατῇ φιλότητι 970 νειῷ ἔνι τριπόλῳ, Κρήτης ἐν πίονι δήμῳ, ἐσθλόν, ὃς εἶσ᾽ ἐπὶ γῆν τε καὶ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης πάντη· τῷ δὲ τυχόντι καὶ οὗ κ᾽ ἐς χεῖρας ἵκηται, τὸν δ᾽ ἀφνειὸν ἔθηκε, πολὺν δέ οἱ ὤπασεν ὄλβον.
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Anthropomorphismtheology

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

[auto] The divine is described with human attributes such as being a 'father' and possessing a voice or head that can sound like various creatures.

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Divine Marriagesoteriology

The reunification of complementary divine principles (male-female, spirit-matter) as a symbol of wholeness and salvation.

[auto] The passage centrally details multiple unions between deities and demigods, such as Dionysus with Ariadne and Heracles with Hebe.

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Living Godtheology

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

[auto] The passage depicts the divine (Zeus) as actively intervening in the cosmos by thundering and shaking the earth, demonstrating a dynamic and present deity.

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Return To Sourcesoteriology

The soul's journey back to its divine origin, reversing the fall into matter through stages of purification or illumination.

Heracles ascends to Olympus to live among the immortals, signifying a return to the divine realm from which he originated as Zeus's son.

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Theosis Deificationsoteriology

The doctrine — central to Eastern Orthodox and Maximian theology — that the human person is progressively transformed into a partaker of the divine nature by grace, not merely justified or united in passing ecstasy.

Heracles is explicitly granted immortality and residence among the gods after completing his labors, reflecting a process of deification.

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