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Hesiod, Theogony, 561-612


ὣς φάτο χωόμενος Ζεὺς ἄφθιτα μήδεα εἰδώς·The marvel to all men, and he set free


ἐκ τούτου δὴ ἔπειτα δόλου μεμνημένος αἰεὶHis father’s brothers whose captivity


οὐκ ἐδίδου Μελίῃσι πυρὸς μένος ἀκαμάτοιοCronus had caused in his great foolishness


θνητοῖς ἀνθρώποις, οἳ ἐπὶ χθονὶ ναιετάουσιν.And they were grateful for his kindliness


ἀλλά μιν ἐξαπάτησεν ἐὺς πάις ἸαπετοῖοSo lightning and loud thunder they revealed


κλέψας ἀκαμάτοιο πυρὸς τηλέσκοπον. αὐγὴνTo him in recompense, which were concealed


ἐν κοΐλῳ νάρθηκι· δάκεν δέ ἑ νειόθι θυμόνBefore by vast Earth, and he trusts in these


Ζῆνʼ ὑψιβρεμέτην, ἐχόλωσε δέ μιν φίλον ἦτορAnd rules all men and all divinities.


ὡς ἴδʼ ἐν ἀνθρώποισι πυρὸς τηλέσκοπον αὐγήν.Iapetus wed neat-ankled Clymene


αὐτίκα δʼ ἀντὶ πυρὸς τεῦξεν κακὸν ἀνθρώποισιν·The child of Ocean, and their progeny


γαίης γὰρ σύμπλασσε περικλυτὸς ἈμφιγυήειςWere mighty Atlas, fine Menoetiu


παρθένῳ αἰδοίῃ ἴκελον Κρονίδεω διὰ βουλάς.And clever, treacherous Prometheus


ζῶσε δὲ καὶ κόσμησε θεὰ γλαυκῶπις ἈθήνηAnd mad Epimetheus, to mortality


ἀργυφέη ἐσθῆτι· κατὰ κρῆθεν δὲ καλύπτρηνA torment from the very first, for he


δαιδαλέην χείρεσσι κατέσχεθε, θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι·Married the maid whom Zeus had formed. But Zeu


ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ στεφάνους, νεοθηλέος ἄνθεα ποίηςAt villainous Menoetius let loose


ἱμερτοὺς περίθηκε καρήατι Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη.His lurid bolt because his vanity


ἀμφὶ δέ οἱ στεφάνην χρυσέην κεφαλῆφιν ἔθηκεAnd strength had gone beyond the boundary


τὴν αὐτὸς ποίησε περικλυτὸς ἈμφιγυήειςOf moderation: down to Erebu


ἀσκήσας παλάμῃσι, χαριζόμενος Διὶ πατρί.He went headlong. Atlas was tirele


τῇ δʼ ἐνὶ δαίδαλα πολλὰ τετεύχατο, θαῦμα ἰδέσθαιIn holding up wide Heaven, forced to stand


κνώδαλʼ, ὅσʼ ἤπειρος πολλὰ τρέφει ἠδὲ θάλασσαUpon the borders of this earthly land


τῶν ὅ γε πόλλʼ ἐνέθηκε,—χάρις δʼ ἀπελάμπετο πολλή,—Before the clear-voiced daughters of the West


θαυμάσια, ζῴοισιν ἐοικότα φωνήεσσιν.A task assigned at wise Zeus’s behest.


αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ τεῦξε καλὸν κακὸν ἀντʼ ἀγαθοῖο.Zeus bound clever Prometheus cruelly


ἐξάγαγʼ, ἔνθα περ ἄλλοι ἔσαν θεοὶ ἠδʼ ἄνθρωποιWith bonds he could not break apart, then he


κόσμῳ ἀγαλλομένην γλαυκώπιδος ὀβριμοπάτρης.Drove them into a pillar, setting there


θαῦμα δʼ ἔχʼ ἀθανάτους τε θεοὺς θνητούς τʼ ἀνθρώπουςA long-winged eagle which began to tear


ὡς εἶδον δόλον αἰπύν, ἀμήχανον ἀνθρώποισιν.His liver, which would regrow every day


ἐκ τῆς γὰρ γένος ἐστὶ γυναικῶν θηλυτεράωνSo that the bird could once more take away


τῆς γὰρ ὀλώιόν ἐστι γένος καὶ φῦλα γυναικῶνWhat had been there before. Heracles, the son


πῆμα μέγʼ αἳ θνητοῖσι μετʼ ἀνδράσι ναιετάουσινOf trim-ankled Clymene, was the one


οὐλομένης πενίης οὐ σύμφοροι, ἀλλὰ κόροιο.Who slew that bird and from his sore distre


ὡς δʼ ὁπότʼ ἐν σμήνεσσι κατηρεφέεσσι μέλισσαιReleased Prometheus – thus his wretchedne


κηφῆνας βόσκωσι, κακῶν ξυνήονας ἔργων—Was over, and it was with Zeus’s will


αἳ μέν τε πρόπαν ἦμαρ ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύνταWho planned that hero would be greater still


ἠμάτιαι σπεύδουσι τιθεῖσί τε κηρία λευκάUpon the rich earth than he was before.


οἳ δʼ ἔντοσθε μένοντες ἐπηρεφέας κατὰ σίμβλουςLord Zeus then took these things to heart therefore;


ἀλλότριον κάματον σφετέρην ἐς γαστέρʼ ἀμῶνται—He ceased the anger he had felt when he


ὣς δʼ αὔτως ἄνδρεσσι κακὸν θνητοῖσι γυναῖκαςHad once been matched in ingenuity


Ζεὺς ὑψιβρεμέτης θῆκεν, ξυνήονας ἔργωνBy Prometheus, for when several gods and men


ἀργαλέων· ἕτερον δὲ πόρεν κακὸν ἀντʼ ἀγαθοῖο·Had wrangled at Mecone, even then


ὅς κε γάμον φεύγων καὶ μέρμερα ἔργα γυναικῶνPrometheus calved a giant ox and set


μὴ γῆμαι ἐθέλῃ, ὀλοὸν δʼ ἐπὶ γῆρας ἵκοιτοA share before each one, trying to get


χήτεϊ γηροκόμοιο· ὅ γʼ οὐ βιότου ἐπιδευὴςThe better of Lord Zeus – before the rest


ζώει, ἀποφθιμένου δὲ διὰ κτῆσιν δατέονταιHe set the juicy parts, fattened and dressed


χηρωσταί· ᾧ δʼ αὖτε γάμου μετὰ μοῖρα γένηταιWith the ox’s paunch, then very cunningly


κεδνὴν δʼ ἔσχεν ἄκοιτιν ἀρηρυῖαν πραπίδεσσιFor Zeus he took the white bones up, then he


τῷ δέ τʼ ἀπʼ αἰῶνος κακὸν ἐσθλῷ ἀντιφερίζειMarked them with shining fat. “O how unfair,”


ἐμμενές· ὃς δέ κε τέτμῃ ἀταρτηροῖο γενέθληςSpoke out the lord of gods and men, “to share


ζώει ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἔχων ἀλίαστον ἀνίηνThat way, most glorious lord and progeny


θυμῷ καὶ κραδίῃ, καὶ ἀνήκεστον κακόν ἐστιν.Of Iapetus.” Zeus, whose sagacity


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1. Hebrew Bible, Genesis, 2.7 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

2.7. וַיִּיצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים וַיְהִי הָאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה׃ 2.7. Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
2. Hesiod, Works And Days, 101-105, 138-139, 42-100 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

100. Which brought the Death-Gods. Now in misery
3. Hesiod, Theogony, 101-108, 175, 180, 188, 200, 221-222, 233-236, 26, 262, 27-28, 42-49, 494, 498-499, 50, 500, 507-509, 51, 510-519, 52, 520-529, 53, 530-539, 54, 540-549, 55, 550-559, 56, 560, 562-569, 57, 570-579, 58, 580-599, 60, 600-616, 66-67, 70-74, 76-88, 886, 89-90, 901, 91-92, 921, 93-94, 945-948, 95, 953, 96-100 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

100. Employing gentle words persuasively
4. Homer, Iliad, 15.187-15.193, 18.417-18.420 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

15.187. / Out upon it, verily strong though he be he hath spoken overweeningly, if in sooth by force and in mine own despite he will restrain me that am of like honour with himself. For three brethren are we, begotten of Cronos, and born of Rhea,—Zeus, and myself, and the third is Hades, that is lord of the dead below. And in three-fold wise are all things divided, and unto each hath been apportioned his own domain. 15.188. / Out upon it, verily strong though he be he hath spoken overweeningly, if in sooth by force and in mine own despite he will restrain me that am of like honour with himself. For three brethren are we, begotten of Cronos, and born of Rhea,—Zeus, and myself, and the third is Hades, that is lord of the dead below. And in three-fold wise are all things divided, and unto each hath been apportioned his own domain. 15.189. / Out upon it, verily strong though he be he hath spoken overweeningly, if in sooth by force and in mine own despite he will restrain me that am of like honour with himself. For three brethren are we, begotten of Cronos, and born of Rhea,—Zeus, and myself, and the third is Hades, that is lord of the dead below. And in three-fold wise are all things divided, and unto each hath been apportioned his own domain. 15.190. /I verily, when the lots were shaken, won for my portion the grey sea to be my habitation for ever, and Hades won the murky darkness, while Zeus won the broad heaven amid the air and the clouds; but the earth and high Olympus remain yet common to us all. Wherefore will I not in any wise walk after the will of Zeus; nay in quiet 15.191. /I verily, when the lots were shaken, won for my portion the grey sea to be my habitation for ever, and Hades won the murky darkness, while Zeus won the broad heaven amid the air and the clouds; but the earth and high Olympus remain yet common to us all. Wherefore will I not in any wise walk after the will of Zeus; nay in quiet 15.192. /I verily, when the lots were shaken, won for my portion the grey sea to be my habitation for ever, and Hades won the murky darkness, while Zeus won the broad heaven amid the air and the clouds; but the earth and high Olympus remain yet common to us all. Wherefore will I not in any wise walk after the will of Zeus; nay in quiet 15.193. /I verily, when the lots were shaken, won for my portion the grey sea to be my habitation for ever, and Hades won the murky darkness, while Zeus won the broad heaven amid the air and the clouds; but the earth and high Olympus remain yet common to us all. Wherefore will I not in any wise walk after the will of Zeus; nay in quiet 18.417. /and his mighty neck and shaggy breast, and put upon him a tunic, and grasped a stout staff, and went forth halting; but there moved swiftly to support their lord handmaidens wrought of gold in the semblance of living maids. In them is understanding in their hearts, and in them speech 18.418. /and his mighty neck and shaggy breast, and put upon him a tunic, and grasped a stout staff, and went forth halting; but there moved swiftly to support their lord handmaidens wrought of gold in the semblance of living maids. In them is understanding in their hearts, and in them speech 18.419. /and his mighty neck and shaggy breast, and put upon him a tunic, and grasped a stout staff, and went forth halting; but there moved swiftly to support their lord handmaidens wrought of gold in the semblance of living maids. In them is understanding in their hearts, and in them speech 18.420. /and strength, and they know cunning handiwork by gift of the immortal gods. These busily moved to support their lord, and he, limping nigh to where Thetis was, sat him down upon a shining chair; and he clasped her by the hand, and spake, and addressed her:Wherefore, long-robed Thetis, art thou come to our house
5. Homer, Odyssey, 7.63-7.68, 7.311-7.315, 11.272-11.273 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

6. Sappho, Fragments, 94 (7th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)

7. Sappho, Fragments, 94 (7th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)

8. Sappho, Fragments, 94 (7th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)

9. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 562-886, 561 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

561. τίς γῆ; τί γένος; τίνα φῶ λεύσσειν 561. What land is this? What people? By what name am I to call the one I see exposed to the tempest in bonds of rock? What offence have you committed that as punishment you are doomed to destruction?
10. Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 562, 573-574, 587-588, 644, 561 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

561. πυκνοῦ κροτησμοῦ τυγχάνουσʼ ὑπὸ πτόλιν.
11. Parmenides, Fragments, 13 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

12. Euripides, Hippolytus, 443 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

13. Isaeus, Orations, 5.6 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

14. Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, 56.6 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

15. Demosthenes, Orations, 48.12 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

16. Anon., Sibylline Oracles, 3.97-3.104, 3.110-3.155 (1st cent. BCE - 5th cent. CE)

3.97. Then all the elements shall be bereft 3.98. of order, when the God who dwells on high 3.99. Shall roll the heaven, even as a scroll is rolled; 3.100. 100 And to the mighty earth and sea shall fall 3.101. The entire multiform sky; and there shall flow 3.102. A tireless cataract of raging fire 3.103. And it shall burn the land, and burn the sea 3.104. And heavenly sky, and night, and day, and melt 3.110. 110 The judgment midway in a mighty age 3.111. Shall come, when all these things shall come to pass. 3.112. O navigable waters and each land 3.113. of the Orient and of the Occident 3.114. Subject shall all things be to him who come 3.115. 115 Into the world again, and therefore he 3.116. Himself became first conscious of his power. 3.117. But when the threatenings of the mighty God 3.118. Are fulfilled, which he threatened mortals once 3.119. When in Assyrian land they built a tower;– 3.120. 120 (And they all spoke one language, and resolved 3.121. To mount aloft into the starry heaven; 3.122. But on the air the Immortal straightway put 3.123. A mighty force; and then winds from above 3.124. Cast down the great tower and stirred mortals up 3.125. 125 To wrangling with each other; therefore men 3.126. Gave to that city the name of Babylon);– 3.127. Now when the tower fell and the tongues of men 3.128. Turned to all sorts of sounds, straightway all earth 3.129. Was filled with men and kingdoms were divided; 3.130. 130 And then the generation tenth appeared 3.131. of mortal men, from the time when the flood 3.132. Came upon earlier men. And Cronos reigned 3.133. And Titan and Iapetus; and men called them 3.134. Best offspring of Gaia and of Uranus 3.135. 135 Giving to them names both of earth and heaven 3.136. Since they were very first of mortal men. 3.137. So there were three divisions of the earth 3.138. According to the allotment of each man 3.139. And each one having his own portion reigned 3.140. 140 And fought not; for a father's oaths were there 3.141. And equal were their portions. But the time 3.142. Complete of old age on the father came 3.143. And he died; and the sons infringing oath 3.144. Stirred up against each other bitter strife 3.145. 145 Which one should have the royal rank and rule 3.146. Over all mortals; and against each other 3.147. Cronos and Titan fought. But Rhea and Gaia 3.148. And Aphrodite fond of crowns, Demeter 3.149. And Hestia and Dione of fair lock 3.150. 150 Brought them to friendship, and together called 3.151. All who were kings, both brothers and near kin 3.152. And others of the same ancestral blood 3.153. And they judged Cronos should reign king of all 3.154. For he was oldest and of noblest form. 3.155. 155 But Titan laid on Cronos mighty oath
17. New Testament, 1 Timothy, 1.11-1.14 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

1.11. according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. 1.12. And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service; 1.13. although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 1.14. The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
18. Statius, Thebais, 2.273-2.276, 2.283-2.284 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

19. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.24.4-1.24.5, 2.19.5 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

1.24.4. and there are statues of Zeus, one made by Leochares See Paus. 1.1.3 . and one called Polieus (Urban), the customary mode of sacrificing to whom I will give without adding the traditional reason thereof. Upon the altar of Zeus Polieus they place barley mixed with wheat and leave it unguarded. The ox, which they keep already prepared for sacrifice, goes to the altar and partakes of the grain. One of the priests they call the ox-slayer, who kills the ox and then, casting aside the axe here according to the ritual runs away. The others bring the axe to trial, as though they know not the man who did the deed. 1.24.5. Their ritual, then, is such as I have described. As you enter the temple that they name the Parthenon, all the sculptures you see on what is called the pediment refer to the birth of Athena, those on the rear pediment represent the contest for the land between Athena and Poseidon. The statue itself is made of ivory and gold. On the middle of her helmet is placed a likeness of the Sphinx—the tale of the Sphinx I will give when I come to my description of Boeotia—and on either side of the helmet are griffins in relief. 2.19.5. Here is dedicated the throne of Danaus, and here Is placed a statue of Biton, in the form of a man carrying a bull on his shoulders. According to the poet Lyceas, when the Argives were holding a sacrifice to Zeus at Nemea, Biton by sheer physical strength took up a bull and carried it there. Next to this statue is a fire which they keep burning, calling it the fire of Phoroneus. For they do not admit that fire was given to mankind by Prometheus, but insist in assigning the discovery of fire to Phoroneus.
20. Pliny The Younger, Letters, 10.96 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

21. Pliny The Younger, Letters, 10.96 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

22. Tertullian, On Baptism, 17.5 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

23. Origen, Against Celsus, 3.44, 3.59 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

3.44. After these points Celsus quotes some objections against the doctrine of Jesus, made by a very few individuals who are considered Christians, not of the more intelligent, as he supposes, but of the more ignorant class, and asserts that the following are the rules laid down by them. Let no one come to us who has been instructed, or who is wise or prudent (for such qualifications are deemed evil by us); but if there be any ignorant, or unintelligent, or uninstructed, or foolish persons, let them come with confidence. By which words, acknowledging that such individuals are worthy of their God, they manifestly show that they desire and are able to gain over only the silly, and the mean, and the stupid, with women and children. In reply to which, we say that, as if, while Jesus teaches continence, and says, Whosoever looks upon a woman to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart, one were to behold a few of those who are deemed to be Christians living licentiously, he would most justly blame them for living contrary to the teaching of Jesus, but would act most unreasonably if he were to charge the Gospel with their censurable conduct; so, if he found nevertheless that the doctrine of the Christians invites men to wisdom, the blame then must remain with those who rest in their own ignorance, and who utter, not what Celsus relates (for although some of them are simple and ignorant, they do not speak so shamelessly as he alleges), but other things of much less serious import, which, however, serve to turn aside men from the practice of wisdom. 3.59. Immediately after this, Celsus, perceiving that he has slandered us with too great bitterness, as if by way of defense expresses himself as follows: That I bring no heavier charge than what the truth compels me, any one may see from the following remarks. Those who invite to participation in other mysteries, make proclamation as follows: 'Every one who has clean hands, and a prudent tongue;' others again thus: 'He who is pure from all pollution, and whose soul is conscious of no evil, and who has lived well and justly.' Such is the proclamation made by those who promise purification from sins. But let us hear what kind of persons these Christians invite. Every one, they say, who is a sinner, who is devoid of understanding, who is a child, and, to speak generally, whoever is unfortunate, him will the kingdom of God receive. Do you not call him a sinner, then, who is unjust, and a thief, and a housebreaker, and a poisoner, and a committer of sacrilege, and a robber of the dead? What others would a man invite if he were issuing a proclamation for an assembly of robbers? Now, in answer to such statements, we say that it is not the same thing to invite those who are sick in soul to be cured, and those who are in health to the knowledge and study of divine things. We, however, keeping both these things in view, at first invite all men to be healed, and exhort those who are sinners to come to the consideration of the doctrines which teach men not to sin, and those who are devoid of understanding to those which beget wisdom, and those who are children to rise in their thoughts to manhood, and those who are simply unfortunate to good fortune, or - which is the more appropriate term to use - to blessedness. And when those who have been turned towards virtue have made progress, and have shown that they have been purified by the word, and have led as far as they can a better life, then and not before do we invite them to participation in our mysteries. For we speak wisdom among them that are perfect.
24. Porphyry, On Abstinence, 2.29-2.30 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

2.29. 29.For formerly, as we have before observed, when men sacrificed to the Gods fruits and not animals, and did not assume the latter for food, it is said, that a common sacrifice being celebrated at Athens, one Diomus, or Sopater, who was not a native, but cultivated some land in Attica, seizing a sharp axe which was near to him, and being excessively indigt, struck with it an ox, who, coming from his labour, approached to a table, on which were openly placed cakes and other offerings which were to be burnt as a sacrifice to the Gods, and ate some, but trampled on the rest of the offerings. The ox, therefore, being killed, Diomus, whose anger was now appeased, at the same time perceived what kind of deed he had perpetrated. And the ox, indeed, he buried. But embracing a voluntary banishment, as if he had been accused of impiety, he fled to Crete. A great dryness, however, taking place in the Attic land from vehement heat, and a dreadful sterility of fruit, and the Pythian deity being in consequence of it consulted by the general consent, the God answered, that the Cretan exile must expiate the crime; and that, if the murderer was punished, and the statue of the slain ox was erected in the place in which it fell, this would be beneficial both to those who had and those who had not tasted its flesh. An inquiry therefore being made into the affair, and Sopater, together with the deed, having been discovered, he, thinking that he should be liberated from the difficulty in which he was now involved, through the accusation of impiety, if the same thing was done by all men in common, said to those who came to him, that it was necessary an ox should be slain by the city. But, on their being dubious who should strike the ox, he said that he would undertake to do it, if they would make him a citizen, and would be partakers with him of the slaughter. This, therefore, being granted, they returned to the city, and ordered the deed to be accomplished in such a way as it is performed by them at present, [and which was as follows:] SPAN 2.30. 30.They selected virgins who were drawers of water; but these brought water for the purpose of sharpening an axe and a knife. And these being sharpened, one person gave the axe, another struck with it the ox, |62 and a third person cut the throat of the ox. But after this, having excoriated the animal, all that were present ate of its flesh. These things therefore being performed, they sewed up the hide of the ox, and having stuffed it with straw, raised it upright in the same form which it had when alive, and yoked it to a plough, as if it was about to work with it. Instituting also a judicial process, respecting the slaughter of the ox, they cited all those who were partakers of the deed, to defend their conduct. But as the drawers of water accused those who sharpened the axe and the knife, as more culpable than themselves, and those who sharpened these instruments accused him who gave the axe, and he accused him who cut the throat of the ox, and this last person accused the knife,---hence, as the knife could not speak, they condemned it as the cause of the slaughter. From that time also, even till now, during the festival sacred to Jupiter, in the Acropolis, at Athens, the sacrifice of an ox is performed after the same manner. For, placing cakes on a brazen table, they drive oxen round it, and the ox that tastes of the cakes that are distributed on the table, is slain. The race likewise of those who perform this, still remains. And all those, indeed, who derive their origin from Sopater are called boutupoi [i.e. slayers of oxen]; but those who are descended from him that drove the ox round the table, are called kentriadai, [or stimulators.] And those who originate from him that cut the throat of the ox, are denominated daitroi, [or dividers,] on account of the banquet which takes place from the distribution of flesh. But when they have filled the hide, and the judicial process is ended, they throw the knife into the sea. SPAN
25. Jerome, Letters, 133.4 (5th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)

26. Jerome, Letters, 133.4 (5th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)

27. Jerome, Letters, 133.4 (5th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)

28. Sidonius Apollinaris, Letters, 5.17 (5th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)

29. Epigraphy, Seg, 33.147

30. Epigraphy, Ml, 13

31. Orphic Hymns., Fragments, 154, 16, 18, 89, 134

32. Papyri, Derveni Papyrus, 12.7, 23.1, 23.4-23.5, 23.9-23.10



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subject book bibliographic info
achelous Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
adoption, and status Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 34
adoption Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 34
adornment Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
aetiology of sacrifice Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 148
aggregation (in cosmogony) Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
air Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
ammonius Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 206
ancestors, wicked (incl. titans) Graf and Johnston, Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007) 85
antidosis Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 34
aphrodite Bremmer, Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East (2008) 22; Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 89
apollodoros son of pasion, and family Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 166
ariadne Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
as phallus (that of uranus) Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
astyages Graf and Johnston, Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007) 85
athena Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61; Bremmer, Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East (2008) 22; Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 89
athena parthenos, pheidias, iconography Rutter and Sparkes, Word and Image in Ancient Greece (2012) 60
athens, erechtheion Rutter and Sparkes, Word and Image in Ancient Greece (2012) 60
athens, sacred regulations Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 148
bread McGowan, Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals (1999) 63
bricoleur, bricolage Graf and Johnston, Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007) 85
catullus Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
characterization de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 158, 159
chêrôstai Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 34
cincius alimentus Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
ciris Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
collegia McGowan, Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals (1999) 63
colony, greek Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 34
cosmos Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 206
creation Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 206
cronus Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
crowns of flowers Bremmer, Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East (2008) 22
crushing, death by Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
cyprian, letter McGowan, Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals (1999) 63
derveni author Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
derveni poem Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
derveni poet Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
dionysus, dismemberment and death of Graf and Johnston, Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007) 85
dionysus, ruler of cosmos Graf and Johnston, Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007) 85
dionysus Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
dionysus of halicarnassus Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
dipolieia Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 642
disputes, in political theory Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 34
divination, the delphic oracle Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 88
division of inheritance Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 166
earth Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
emotional restraint, narratology of de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 296
emotions, agony de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 296
emotions, anger/rage de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 158, 159
emotions, love/passion de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 158, 159
epic, evidence from Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 166
eros Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
error, primal Graf and Johnston, Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007) 85
eudorus of alexandria Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 206
exempla and exemplarity Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
fabius pictor Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
fire, invention of Bremmer, Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East (2008) 22
fish McGowan, Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals (1999) 63
god; gods Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 206
gods, births of the gods Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61, 121
gods Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61, 121
gods as elements, olympian gods Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
graces Bremmer, Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East (2008) 22
greed and bribery and acquisitiveness Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
heat Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
helen of sparta/troy Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
hellenistic and roman myth/history, literature Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
hephaestus Bremmer, Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East (2008) 22
hephaisteion, athens, anthemon Rutter and Sparkes, Word and Image in Ancient Greece (2012) 60
hephaisteion, athens, inscription of construction accounts Rutter and Sparkes, Word and Image in Ancient Greece (2012) 60
hephaisteion, athens, technique and structure Rutter and Sparkes, Word and Image in Ancient Greece (2012) 60
hera Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61; de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 296
heracles/hercules, greek heracles de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 158, 296
heracles Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
hermes Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 278; Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 89
heroism Edmonds, Myths of the Underworld Journey: Plato, Aristophanes, and the ‘Orphic’ Gold Tablets (2004) 42
hesiod, on female and male Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 88, 89, 90
hesiod, on prometheus and pandora Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 88, 90
hesiod, on zeus Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 88, 89, 90
hesiod, pheidian circle and Rutter and Sparkes, Word and Image in Ancient Greece (2012) 60
hesiod, the muses address Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 88, 89, 90
hesiod Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61, 121; Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 206; Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 34; de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 158, 159, 296
hippocrates (son of apollodorus) Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 278
homicide Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 642
honour de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 158, 159
humanity, creation of Graf and Johnston, Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007) 85
hybris de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 158
iapetus Bacchi, Uncovering Jewish Creativity in Book III of the Sibylline Oracles: Gender, Intertextuality, and Politics (2022) 172
identified with zeus Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
intellect Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 206
io de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 296
kairos Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 278
kalon kakon Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
kingship, divine Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
kos Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 642
laws, of the polis Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 148
lease, orphans estate Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 34
light Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 278
literal meaning Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 206
locative Edmonds, Myths of the Underworld Journey: Plato, Aristophanes, and the ‘Orphic’ Gold Tablets (2004) 42
lot Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 166
love, eros, and sexuality Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
lucilla, and the donatist schism Ashbrook Harvey et al., A Most Reliable Witness: Essays in Honor of Ross Shepard Kraemer (2015) 159
luxury and anti-luxury Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
lycaon Graf and Johnston, Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007) 85
mecone Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 86
medea Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
metis Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61, 121
mise en abyme de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 296
moon Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
muses Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
myth Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 642
mêtis Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 88, 89, 90
neoteric literature Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
night (goddess) Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
noah Bacchi, Uncovering Jewish Creativity in Book III of the Sibylline Oracles: Gender, Intertextuality, and Politics (2022) 172
nothos, inheritance Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 34
nymphs Bremmer, Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East (2008) 22
oceanus Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
optatus, account of lucilla Ashbrook Harvey et al., A Most Reliable Witness: Essays in Honor of Ross Shepard Kraemer (2015) 159
optatus, scholarly readings of Ashbrook Harvey et al., A Most Reliable Witness: Essays in Honor of Ross Shepard Kraemer (2015) 159
oracles Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 148
orphan Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 34
orpheus Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
orphic theogonies Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
ovid Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
pain/suffering de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 296
pan-hellenic sacrifice Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 148
pandora Bremmer, Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible, and the Ancient Near East (2008) 22; Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 86; Graf and Johnston, Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007) 85; Rutter and Sparkes, Word and Image in Ancient Greece (2012) 60
parthenius Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
particles (in cosmogony) Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
pathos (πάθος) de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 296
peisidice Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
persephone Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
persephones birth Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
petelia, hipponion Edmonds, Myths of the Underworld Journey: Plato, Aristophanes, and the ‘Orphic’ Gold Tablets (2004) 42
phanes Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
philo of alexandria Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 206
polis-religion Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 148
polis Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 278
politike techne Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 278
porphyry Hitch, Animal sacrifice in the ancient Greek world (2017) 148
prometheus Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 278; Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 86; Graf and Johnston, Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007) 85; Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 642; de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 158, 159, 296
prometheus bound de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 296
protagoras Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 278
protogonos (orphic god) Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
prytaneion/is Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 642
punishment de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 158, 159
relics, veneration of Ashbrook Harvey et al., A Most Reliable Witness: Essays in Honor of Ross Shepard Kraemer (2015) 159
religion Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 206
rhapsodies (orphic poem) Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
rite de passage, sacrifice Edmonds, Myths of the Underworld Journey: Plato, Aristophanes, and the ‘Orphic’ Gold Tablets (2004) 42
rite de passage Edmonds, Myths of the Underworld Journey: Plato, Aristophanes, and the ‘Orphic’ Gold Tablets (2004) 42; de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 296
ritual Marincola et al., Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and Calum Maciver, Greek Notions of the Past in the Archaic and Classical Eras: History Without Historians (2021) 303
rivers (in theogony) Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
sacrifice, corrupted Graf and Johnston, Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007) 85
sacrifice, cuisine of' McGowan, Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals (1999) 63
sacrifice Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 642; McGowan, Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals (1999) 63; Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 88
scylla Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
sicyon Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 86
sicyonians Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 86
simylus Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
soul Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 206
sparta, and athens, institutions Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 34
stars (in cosmogony and theogony) Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
statue bases of pheidian circle, iconography Rutter and Sparkes, Word and Image in Ancient Greece (2012) 60
statue bases of pheidian circle, technique Rutter and Sparkes, Word and Image in Ancient Greece (2012) 60
statue bases of pheidian circle Rutter and Sparkes, Word and Image in Ancient Greece (2012) 60
succession myth Graf and Johnston, Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007) 85
sun Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
swallowing, zeus swallowing of metis Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
swallowing, zeus swallowing of protogonos Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
swallowing, zeus swallowing of the phallus of uranus Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
sôgambros Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 34
tantalus Graf and Johnston, Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007) 85
themis Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
thyestes Graf and Johnston, Ritual texts for the afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets (2007) 85
time Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 206
time (in cosmogony) Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
titans Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
treasonous girl mytheme Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
trierarch Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 166
typhon Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
uranus Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
uranus phallus, as cosmogonic principle Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
uranus phallus Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61, 121
vernant, jean-pierre Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 86
women, and story of lucilla Ashbrook Harvey et al., A Most Reliable Witness: Essays in Honor of Ross Shepard Kraemer (2015) 159
women, as centerpieces of heresies Ashbrook Harvey et al., A Most Reliable Witness: Essays in Honor of Ross Shepard Kraemer (2015) 159
women, as primary transgressors Ashbrook Harvey et al., A Most Reliable Witness: Essays in Honor of Ross Shepard Kraemer (2015) 159
women and girls, as weakness Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
women and girls, motivations of Welch, Tarpeia: Workings of a Roman Myth (2015) 26
zeus, as ἀήρ and νοῦς Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121
zeus, polieus Humphreys, Kinship in Ancient Athens: An Anthropological Analysis (2018) 642
zeus Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61, 121; Bacchi, Uncovering Jewish Creativity in Book III of the Sibylline Oracles: Gender, Intertextuality, and Politics (2022) 172; Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 278; Edmunds, Greek Myth (2021) 86; de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 158, 159, 296
zeus as king Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
zeus incest with his mother Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
zeus new creation of the world Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
zeus pregnancy Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 61
νοῦς (allegory of zeus) Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 121