The Golden Verses of Pythagoras · 118 of 122 · tr. Florence M. Firth
Section 13 (part 85)
Τόν ῥα νέον τέρεν ἄνθος ἔχοντ᾽ ἐρικυδέος ἥβης παῖδ᾽ ἀταλὰ φρονέοντα φιλομμειδὴς Ἀφροδίτη ὦρτ᾽ ἀναρεψαμένη, καί μιν ζαθέοις ἐνὶ νηοῖς 990 νηοπόλον νύχιον ποιήσατο, δαίμονα δῖον.
Κούρην δ᾽ Αἰήταο διοτρεφέος βασιλῆος Αἰσονίδης βουλῇσι θεῶν αἰειγενετάων ἦγε παρ᾽ Αἰήτεω, τελέσας στονόεντας ἀέθλους, τοὺς πολλοὺς ἐπέτελλε μέγας βασιλεὺς ὑπερήνωρ, 995 ὑβριστὴς Πελίης καὶ ἀτάσθαλος, ὀβριμοεργός.
τοὺς τελέσας Ἰαωλκὸν ἀφίκετο, πολλὰ μογήσας, ὠκείης ἐπὶ νηὸς ἄγων ἑλικώπιδα κούρην Αἰσονίδης, καί μιν θαλερὴν ποιήσατ᾽ ἄκοιτιν.
Themes
◆Anthropomorphismtheology
Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.
The passage explicitly describes divine beings (Aphrodite, Eos, Oceanus) engaging in human-like reproduction and marriage to produce offspring.
All passages →◆Divine Marriagesoteriology
The reunification of complementary divine principles (male-female, spirit-matter) as a symbol of wholeness and salvation.
The text details unions between divine figures (e.g., Harmonia and Cadmus, Eos and Tithonus) which form the literal substrate of the concept, though without explicit soteriological symbolism.
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