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

Section 13 (part 89)

929m Μῆτις δ᾽ αὖτε Ζηνὸς ὑπὸ σπλάγχνοις λελαθυῖα 929n ἧστο, Ἀθηναίης μήτηρ, τέκταινα δικαίων 929o πλεῖστα θεῶν τε ἰδυῖα καταθνητῶν τ᾽ ἀνθρώπων, 929p ἔνθα θεὰ παρέδεκτο ὅθεν παλάμαις περὶ πάντων 929q ἀθανάτων ἐκέκασθ᾽ οἳ Ὀλύμπια δώματ᾽ ἔχουσιν, 929r [αἰγίδα ποιήσασα φοβέστρατον ἔντος Ἀθήνης·] 
Themes
Emanation Hierarchycosmology

A chain of divine beings or principles flowing downward from a single transcendent source (the One or the Father), each level less perfect than the one above.

The text outlines a genealogical chain of divine beings flowing downward from Zeus to Themis and then to the Horae and Moirai.

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Anthropomorphismtheology

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

[auto] The passage depicts Zeus with a physical womb and engaging in biological reproduction, attributing human bodily characteristics to the divine.

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Living Godtheology

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

[auto] Zeus and the other deities are portrayed as active agents who create, bear children, and distribute fate to mortals.

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