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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.44.29–I.49.44.30
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Τότε δὴ μεταπεμψάμενος ἐμέ, φησὶν Ἑρμῆς, εἶπεν· “Ὦ ψυχῆς ἐμῆς ψυχὴ καὶ νοῦς ἱεροῦ ἐμοῦ νοῦ, ἄχρι ποῦ στυγνὴ φύσις ἡ τῶν ὑποκειμένων ὁρᾶται; ἄχρι πότε τὰ ἤδη γεγονότα ἀργὰ μενεῖ καὶ ἀνεγκωμίαστα; ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε δή μοι τοὺς ἐν οὐρανῷ θεοὺς πάντας ἤδη”, εἶπεν ὁ θεός, ὦ τέκνον, ὥς φησιν Ἑρμῆς. Οἱ δὲ ⟨ὡς⟩ ἦλθον πρὸς ἐπίταγμα, “ἀπίδετε”, εἶπεν, “εἰς τὴν γῆν καὶ πάντα τὰ χαμαί”. Οἱ δὲ ἐν τάχει καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἐνόησαν ἃ ἐβούλετο ὁ δυνάστης. Καὶ εἰπόντι ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν ἀνθρώπων γενέσεως συνήδοντο, ὅτι παρ᾽ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου τι δυνατός ἐστι παρασχεῖν τοῖς μέλλουσι γίγνεσθαι.
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Ἔλεγεν Ἥλιος· “ἐπὶ πλέον λάμψω”. Ὑπισχνεῖτο Σελήνη τὸν μετὰ τὸν ἥλιον δρόμον φωτίσαι· ἔλεγε καὶ προπεπαιδοποιηκέναι Φόβον καὶ Σιγὴν καὶ Ὕπνον καὶ τὴν μέλλουσαν αὐτοῖς ἔσεσθαι πανωφελῆ Μνήμην. Κρόνος ἀπήγγειλεν ἤδη πατὴρ γεγονέναι καὶ Δίκης καὶ Ἀνάγκης.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 126744.29 · The gods assemble to prepare human life
“Then,” says Hermes, “he summoned me and said: ‘Soul of my soul, and mind of my sacred mind, how long is the nature of things below to be seen in gloom? How long will what has already come into being remain idle and unpraised? Come, bring me all the gods in heaven now.’” This is what the god said, my child, according to Hermes. ⟨When⟩ they came at his command, he said, “Look upon the earth and everything on the ground.” They quickly saw and understood what the sovereign wished. When he spoke of the creation of human beings, they shared his pleasure, because he could provide those about to come into being with something from each one of them.1540
44.30 · Gifts of Sun, Moon, and Cronus
The Sun said, “I shall shine more brightly.” The Moon promised to illuminate the course after the Sun; she also said that she had already brought forth Fear, Silence, Sleep, and Memory, which would be of universal benefit to them. Cronus announced that he had already become the father of both Justice and Necessity.1541
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