1. Aeschylus, Persians, 619-628, 630-632, 629 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 149| 629. Γῆ τε καὶ Ἑρμῆ, βασιλεῦ τʼ ἐνέρων, | |
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2. Cicero, Republic, 6.18-6.19 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •orpheus, catabasis Found in books: de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 149| 6.18. Quae cum intuerer stupens, ut me recepi, Quid? hic, inquam, quis est, qui conplet aures meas tantus et tam dulcis sonus? Hic est, inquit, ille, qui intervallis disiunctus inparibus, sed tamen pro rata parte ratione distinctis inpulsu et motu ipsorum orbium efficitur et acuta cum gravibus temperans varios aequabiliter concentus efficit; nec enim silentio tanti motus incitari possunt, et natura fert, ut extrema ex altera parte graviter, ex altera autem acute sonent. Quam ob causam summus ille caeli stellifer cursus, cuius conversio est concitatior, acuto et excitato movetur sono, gravissimo autem hic lunaris atque infimus; nam terra nona inmobilis manens una sede semper haeret complexa medium mundi locum. Illi autem octo cursus, in quibus eadem vis est duorum, septem efficiunt distinctos intervallis sonos, qui numerus rerum omnium fere nodus est; quod docti homines nervis imitati atque cantibus aperuerunt sibi reditum in hunc locum, sicut alii, qui praestantibus ingeniis in vita humana divina studia coluerunt. 6.19. Hoc sonitu oppletae aures hominum obsurduerunt; nec est ullus hebetior sensus in vobis, sicut, ubi Nilus ad illa, quae Catadupa nomitur, praecipitat ex altissimis montibus, ea gens, quae illum locum adcolit, propter magnitudinem sonitus sensu audiendi caret. Hic vero tantus est totius mundi incitatissima conversione sonitus, ut eum aures hominum capere non possint, sicut intueri solem adversum nequitis, eiusque radiis acies vestra sensusque vincitur. Haec ego admirans referebam tamen oculos ad terram identidem. | |
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3. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.1-10.63, 10.72-10.85, 11.1-11.8, 11.50-11.60 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •orpheus, catabasis Found in books: de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 345, 421| 10.1. Inde per inmensum croceo velatus amictu 10.2. aethera digreditur Ciconumque Hymenaeus ad oras 10.3. tendit et Orphea nequiquam voce vocatur. 10.4. Adfuit ille quidem, sed nec sollemnia verba 10.5. nec laetos vultus nec felix attulit omen. 10.6. Fax quoque, quam tenuit, lacrimoso stridula fumo 10.7. usque fuit nullosque invenit motibus ignes. 10.8. Exitus auspicio gravior: nam nupta per herbas 10.9. dum nova naiadum turba comitata vagatur, 10.10. occidit in talum serpentis dente recepto. 10.11. Quam satis ad superas postquam Rhodopeius auras 10.12. deflevit vates, ne non temptaret et umbras, 10.13. ad Styga Taenaria est ausus descendere porta; 10.14. perque leves populos simulacraque functa sepulcro 10.15. Persephonen adiit inamoenaque regna tenentem 10.16. umbrarum dominum. Pulsisque ad carmina nervis 10.17. sic ait: “O positi sub terra numina mundi, 10.18. in quem reccidimus, quidquid mortale creamur, 10.19. si licet et falsi positis ambagibus oris 10.20. vera loqui sinitis, non huc, ut opaca viderem 10.21. Tartara, descendi, nec uti villosa colubris 10.22. terna Medusaei vincirem guttura monstri: 10.23. causa viae est coniunx, in quam calcata venenum 10.24. vipera diffudit crescentesque abstulit annos. 10.25. Posse pati volui nec me temptasse negabo: 10.26. vicit Amor. Supera deus hic bene notus in ora est, 10.27. an sit et hic, dubito. Sed et hic tamen auguror esse; 10.28. famaque si veteris non est mentita rapinae, 10.29. vos quoque iunxit Amor. Per ego haec loca plena timoris, 10.30. per chaos hoc ingens vastique silentia regni, 10.31. Eurydices, oro, properata retexite fata. 10.32. Omnia debemur vobis, paulumque morati 10.33. serius aut citius sedem properamus ad unam. 10.34. Tendimus huc omnes, haec est domus ultima, vosque 10.35. humani generis longissima regna tenetis. 10.36. Haec quoque, cum iustos matura peregerit annos, 10.37. iuris erit vestri: pro munere poscimus usum. 10.38. Quod si fata negant veniam pro coniuge, certum est 10.39. nolle redire mihi: leto gaudete duorum.” 10.40. Talia dicentem nervosque ad verba moventem 10.41. exsangues flebant animae: nec Tantalus undam 10.42. captavit refugam, stupuitque Ixionis orbis, 10.43. nec carpsere iecur volucres, urnisque vacarunt 10.44. Belides, inque tuo sedisti, Sisyphe, saxo. 10.45. Tunc primum lacrimis victarum carmine fama est 10.46. Eumenidum maduisse genas. Nec regia coniunx 10.47. sustinet oranti nec qui regit ima negare, 10.48. Eurydicenque vocant. Umbras erat illa recentes 10.49. inter et incessit passu de vulnere tardo. 10.50. Hanc simul et legem Rhodopeius accipit Orpheus, 10.51. ne flectat retro sua lumina, donec Avernas 10.52. exierit valles: aut inrita dona futura. 10.53. Carpitur acclivis per muta silentia trames, 10.54. arduus, obscurus, caligine densus opaca. 10.55. Nec procul afuerunt telluris margine summae: 10.56. hic, ne deficeret, metuens avidusque videndi 10.57. flexit amans oculos; et protinus illa relapsa est, 10.58. bracchiaque intendens prendique et prendere certans 10.59. nil nisi cedentes infelix arripit auras. 10.60. Iamque iterum moriens non est de coniuge quicquam 10.61. questa suo: quid enim nisi se quereretur amatam? 10.62. Supremumque “vale,” quod iam vix auribus ille 10.63. acciperet, dixit revolutaque rursus eodem est. 10.72. Orantem frustraque iterum transire volentem 10.73. portitor arcuerat. Septem tamen ille diebus 10.74. squalidus in ripa Cereris sine munere sedit: 10.75. cura dolorque animi lacrimaeque alimenta fuere. 10.76. Esse deos Erebi crudeles questus, in altam 10.77. se recipit Rhodopen pulsumque aquilonibus Haemum. 10.78. Tertius aequoreis inclusum piscibus annum 10.79. finierat Titan, omnemque refugerat Orpheus 10.80. femineam venerem, seu quod male cesserat illi, 10.81. sive fidem dederat. Multas tamen ardor habebat 10.82. iungere se vati, multae doluere repulsae. 10.83. Ille etiam Thracum populis fuit auctor amorem 10.84. in teneros transferre mares citraque iuventam 10.85. aetatis breve ver et primos carpere flores. 11.1. Carmine dum tali silvas animosque ferarum 11.2. Threicius vates et saxa sequentia ducit, 11.3. ecce nurus Ciconum, tectae lymphata ferinis 11.4. pectora velleribus, tumuli de vertice cernunt 11.5. Orphea percussis sociantem carmina nervis. 11.6. E quibus una, leves iactato crine per auras, 11.7. “en,” ait “en hic est nostri contemptor!” et hastam 11.8. vatis Apollinei vocalia misit in ora, 11.50. Membra iacent diversa locis. Caput, Hebre, lyramque 11.51. excipis, et (mirum!) medio dum labitur amne, 11.52. flebile nescio quid queritur lyra, flebile lingua 11.53. murmurat exanimis, respondent flebile ripae. 11.54. Iamque mare invectae flumen populare relinquunt 11.55. et Methymnaeae potiuntur litore Lesbi. 11.56. Hic ferus expositum peregrinis anguis harenis 11.57. os petit et sparsos stillanti rore capillos. 11.58. Tandem Phoebus adest morsusque inferre parantem 11.59. arcet et in lapidem rictus serpentis apertos 11.60. congelat et patulos, ut erant, indurat hiatus. | |
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| 4. Phlegon of Tralles, On Miraculous Things, 1, 3, 2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 336 |
| 5. Apuleius, On The God of Socrates, 24.19-24.21 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •orpheus, catabasis Found in books: de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 149 |
6. Diogenes Laertius, Lives of The Philosophers, 8.31-8.32 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •orpheus, catabasis Found in books: de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 149 | 8.31. The veins, arteries, and sinews are the bonds of the soul. But when it is strong and settled down into itself, reasonings and deeds become its bonds. When cast out upon the earth, it wanders in the air like the body. Hermes is the steward of souls, and for that reason is called Hermes the Escorter, Hermes the Keeper of the Gate, and Hermes of the Underworld, since it is he who brings in the souls from their bodies both by land and sea; and the pure are taken into the uppermost region, but the impure are not permitted to approach the pure or each other, but are bound by the Furies in bonds unbreakable. 8.32. The whole air is full of souls which are called genii or heroes; these are they who send men dreams and signs of future disease and health, and not to men alone, but to sheep also and cattle as well; and it is to them that purifications and lustrations, all divination, omens and the like, have reference. The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or to evil. Blest are the men who acquire a good soul; they can never be at rest, nor ever keep the same course two days together. |
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| 7. Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras, 18.82 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •orpheus, catabasis Found in books: de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 149 |
| 8. Proclus, Commentary On Plato'S Republic, 2.119, 2.129-2.130 (5th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •orpheus, catabasis Found in books: de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 149 |
9. Vergil, Georgics, 4.86-4.87, 4.106-4.107, 4.212, 4.620 Tagged with subjects: •orpheus, catabasis Found in books: de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 347| 4.86. Hi motus animorum atque haec certamina tanta 4.87. pulveris exigui iactu compressa quiescent. 4.106. Nec magnus prohibere labor: tu regibus alas 4.107. eripe; non illis quisquam cunctantibus altum 4.212. observant. Rege incolumi mens omnibus una est; | |
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| 10. Plinius, Nh, 7.178-7.179 Tagged with subjects: •orpheus, catabasis Found in books: de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 336 |
| 11. Anon., Sch. Theoc., 2.36 Tagged with subjects: •orpheus, catabasis Found in books: de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 149 |
| 13. Orphic Hymns., Fragments, 1003, 1035, 1054, 1076-1077, 417, 1004 Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: de Jáuregui (2010), Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, 345 |
