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Book I Chapter 1 · I.1.28d–I.1.28e
Ancient Greek
p. 6028 ⟨Ἀδήλου Πλατωνικοῦ⟩ (δʹ)
Ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ Ὅμηρος·
Ζεὺς γὰρ ἐπ’ ὠκεανὸν μετ’ ἀμύμονας Αἰθιοπῆας χθιζὸς ἔβη μετὰ δαῖτα, θεοὶ δ’ ἅμα πάντες ἕποντο. δωδεκάτῃ δέ τοι αὖθις ἐλεύσεται οὐλυμπόνδε.Περὶ τοῦ κατὰ τὸν κόσμον Διὸς ταυτὶ λέγεται· οἵ τε γὰρ θεοὶ ἅμα πάντες εἵποντο. τὸ δὲ πλῆθος τῶν θεῶν ἔργον ἐστὶ τοῦ δημιουργοῦ ἅμα τῷ κόσμῳ γενόμενον. Ὁπόταν δὲ εἰς τὸν Ὄλυμπον ἀφίκωνται, δηλοῦσι καὶ τὴν διαφοράν, ἑτέρου λεγομένου Διὸς τοῦ κεχωρισμένου τῶν θεῶν.
28 ⟨Ἀδήλου Πλατωνικοῦ⟩ (εʹ)
Ἡ γοῦν Θέτις εἰς μὲν τὸν Ὄλυμπον ἦκεν (χρῆν γὰρ τὴν ποίησιν ἐκτελεῖν τὸ μύθευμα)·
εὗρε δὲ εὐρύοπα Κρονίδην ἄτερ ἥμενον ἄλλων ἀκροτάτῃ κορυφῇ πολυδειράδος Οὐλύμποιο.Τὴν μέντοι δωδεκάτην ἀκουστέον τῆς ἐπανόδου τῶν θεῶν, ὁπόταν ὑπερβάντες τὰ δώδεκα ζῴδια ἐπὶ τῷ νώτῳ γένωνται τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, στάντας δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖσε περιάγῃ ἡ περιφορά· λόγος γὰρ ὁ αὐτὸς ψυχῶν καὶ θεῶν.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 1
p. 6128 ⟨An unidentified Platonist⟩ (4)
Homer speaks similarly:
“Zeus went to Ocean, to the blameless Ethiopians, yesterday for a feast; all the gods followed with him. On the twelfth day he will return to Olympus.”61
These words concern Zeus within the cosmos, for all the gods followed together. The multitude of gods is a work of the maker, brought into being together with the cosmos. But when they reach Olympus, they also show the distinction: another Zeus is spoken of, the one who is separate from the gods.62
28 ⟨An unidentified Platonist⟩ (5)
Thetis accordingly came to Olympus—for the poem had to carry the story through—
“and found the far-seeing son of Cronus seated apart from the others on the highest summit of many-ridged Olympus.”63
The “twelfth day,” however, must be understood of the gods’ return, when they have passed beyond the twelve signs of the zodiac and come to be on the outer surface of heaven; standing there, they are carried around by its revolution. For the same account applies to souls and to gods.64
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