1. Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy, 32.39 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
| 32.39. רְאוּ עַתָּה כִּי אֲנִי אֲנִי הוּא וְאֵין אֱלֹהִים עִמָּדִי אֲנִי אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה מָחַצְתִּי וַאֲנִי אֶרְפָּא וְאֵין מִיָּדִי מַצִּיל׃ | 32.39. See now that I, even I, am He, And there is no god with Me; I kill, and I make alive; I have wounded, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of My hand." |
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2. Hebrew Bible, Job, 2.10, 5.17-5.18, 12.13, 12.18 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
| 5.17. הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָס׃ 5.18. כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וידו [וְיָדָיו] תִּרְפֶּינָה׃ | 2.10. But he said unto her: ‘Thou speakest as one of the impious women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?’ For all this did not Job sin with his lips." 5.17. Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty." 5.18. For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole." |
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3. Hebrew Bible, Amos, 3.6 (8th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)
| 3.6. אִם־יִתָּקַע שׁוֹפָר בְּעִיר וְעָם לֹא יֶחֱרָדוּ אִם־תִּהְיֶה רָעָה בְּעִיר וַיהוָה לֹא עָשָׂה׃ | 3.6. Shall the horn be blown in a city, And the people not tremble? Shall evil befall a city, And the LORD hath not done it?" |
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4. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 45.7 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 45.7. יוֹצֵר אוֹר וּבוֹרֵא חֹשֶׁךְ עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם וּבוֹרֵא רָע אֲנִי יְהוָה עֹשֶׂה כָל־אֵלֶּה׃ | 45.7. I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am the LORD, that doeth all these things." |
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5. Hesiod, Works And Days, 101-104, 213-247, 638, 667-669, 717-718, 90-100 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
| 100. Which brought the Death-Gods. Now in misery |
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6. Hesiod, Theogony, 219-220, 633-634, 900, 905, 218 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
| 218. Because she first saw light amid the swell |
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7. Homer, Iliad, 2.419-2.420, 15.109, 16.250-16.252, 24.525-24.533 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
| 2.419. /and have burned with consuming fire the portals thereof, and cloven about the breast of Hector his tunic, rent with the bronze; and in throngs may his comrades round about him fall headlong in the dust, and bite the earth. So spake he; but not as yet would the son of Cronos grant him fulfillment; 2.420. /nay, he accepted the sacrifice, but toil he made to wax unceasingly. Then, when they had prayed and had sprinkled the barley grains, they first drew back the victims' heads and cut their throats, and flayed them; and they cut out the thigh-pieces and covered them with a double layer of fat, and laid raw flesh thereon. 15.109. /In sooth we are even yet fain to draw nigh unto him and thwart him of his will by word or by constraint, but he sitteth apart and recketh not, neither giveth heed thereto; for he deemeth that among the immortal gods he is manifestly supreme in might and strength. Wherefore content ye yourselves with whatsoever evil thing he sendeth upon each. 16.250. /and a part the Father granted him, and a part denied. That Patroclus should thrust back the war and battle from the ships he granted; but that he should return safe from out the battle he denied.Achilles then, when he had poured libation and made prayer to father Zeus, went again into his tent, and laid the cup away in the chest, and came forth and 16.251. /and a part the Father granted him, and a part denied. That Patroclus should thrust back the war and battle from the ships he granted; but that he should return safe from out the battle he denied.Achilles then, when he had poured libation and made prayer to father Zeus, went again into his tent, and laid the cup away in the chest, and came forth and 16.252. /and a part the Father granted him, and a part denied. That Patroclus should thrust back the war and battle from the ships he granted; but that he should return safe from out the battle he denied.Achilles then, when he had poured libation and made prayer to father Zeus, went again into his tent, and laid the cup away in the chest, and came forth and 24.525. /For on this wise have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals, that they should live in pain; and themselves are sorrowless. For two urns are set upon the floor of Zeus of gifts that he giveth, the one of ills, the other of blessings. To whomsoever Zeus, that hurleth the thunderbolt, giveth a mingled lot 24.526. /For on this wise have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals, that they should live in pain; and themselves are sorrowless. For two urns are set upon the floor of Zeus of gifts that he giveth, the one of ills, the other of blessings. To whomsoever Zeus, that hurleth the thunderbolt, giveth a mingled lot 24.527. /For on this wise have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals, that they should live in pain; and themselves are sorrowless. For two urns are set upon the floor of Zeus of gifts that he giveth, the one of ills, the other of blessings. To whomsoever Zeus, that hurleth the thunderbolt, giveth a mingled lot 24.528. /For on this wise have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals, that they should live in pain; and themselves are sorrowless. For two urns are set upon the floor of Zeus of gifts that he giveth, the one of ills, the other of blessings. To whomsoever Zeus, that hurleth the thunderbolt, giveth a mingled lot 24.529. /For on this wise have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals, that they should live in pain; and themselves are sorrowless. For two urns are set upon the floor of Zeus of gifts that he giveth, the one of ills, the other of blessings. To whomsoever Zeus, that hurleth the thunderbolt, giveth a mingled lot 24.530. /that man meeteth now with evil, now with good; but to whomsoever he giveth but of the baneful, him he maketh to be reviled of man, and direful madness driveth him over the face of the sacred earth, and he wandereth honoured neither of gods nor mortals. Even so unto Peleus did the gods give glorious gifts 24.531. /that man meeteth now with evil, now with good; but to whomsoever he giveth but of the baneful, him he maketh to be reviled of man, and direful madness driveth him over the face of the sacred earth, and he wandereth honoured neither of gods nor mortals. Even so unto Peleus did the gods give glorious gifts 24.532. /that man meeteth now with evil, now with good; but to whomsoever he giveth but of the baneful, him he maketh to be reviled of man, and direful madness driveth him over the face of the sacred earth, and he wandereth honoured neither of gods nor mortals. Even so unto Peleus did the gods give glorious gifts 24.533. /that man meeteth now with evil, now with good; but to whomsoever he giveth but of the baneful, him he maketh to be reviled of man, and direful madness driveth him over the face of the sacred earth, and he wandereth honoured neither of gods nor mortals. Even so unto Peleus did the gods give glorious gifts |
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8. Homer, Odyssey, 4.236-4.237, 8.62-8.63, 20.199-20.203 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
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9. Solon, Fragments, 6.3, 13.71-13.76 (7th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)
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10. Pindar, Isthmian Odes, 5.52 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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11. Theognis, Elegies, 1001-1002, 1017-1022, 1045-1058, 1063-1068, 1071-1072, 1074, 1129, 1137-1141, 117-118, 1181, 1185-1186, 119-128, 133, 145-148, 155-158, 165-166, 171-172, 19, 197-199, 20, 200-208, 21, 211-214, 22-23, 231-232, 236-239, 24, 240-254, 27-28, 283-286, 305-308, 33-35, 359, 36, 360-364, 367, 373-389, 39, 390-399, 40, 400, 41-44, 447-449, 45, 450-452, 46, 463-464, 467-469, 47, 470-479, 48, 480-489, 49, 490-496, 50-53, 531-534, 54, 545, 55-57, 571-572, 579, 58, 580-582, 59, 591-592, 60-65, 659, 66, 660, 67-68, 681-682, 69, 73, 731-739, 74, 740-752, 757-768, 773-788, 795-796, 805-810, 823-824, 837-840, 87-89, 891-894, 897-899, 90, 900, 91, 911-914, 92, 939, 941, 949-950, 959-970, 983-988, 993-1000 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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12. Plato, Republic, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
| 379a. but founders of a state. And to founders it pertains to know the patterns on which poets must compose their fables and from which their poems must not be allowed to deviate; but the founders are not required themselves to compose fables. Right, he said; but this very thing—the patterns or norms of right speech about the gods, what would they be? Something like this, I said. The true quality of God we must always surely attribute to him whether we compose in epic, melic, or tragic verse. We must. And is not God of course good in reality |
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13. Plato, Timaeus, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
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