Pherecydes

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Ζὰς μὲν καὶ Χρόνος ἦσαν ἀεὶ καὶ Χθονίη· Χθονίηι δὲ ὄνομα ἐγένετο Γῆ, ἐπειδὴ αὐτῆι Ζὰς γῆν γέρας διδοῖ.

De toute éternité existaient Jupiter, le temps et la terre ; la terre a été appelée γῆ, en mémoire des présents dont l’a parée Jupiter.

French · Charles Zévort · Diogène Laërce, Vies et doctrines des philosophes de l’Antiquité (1847), livre I, chapitre XI

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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 4th edition, volume II (1922), pp. 202; ancient running text.
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Gē means Earth. The Greek plays on the name Gē and the earth given to Chthoniē. Zévort’s historical French uses Jupiter, the time and the earth for the divine names. Consult the cited edition for the earlier original-language witness

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French · Charles Zévort. Diogène Laërce, Vies et doctrines des philosophes de l’Antiquité (1847), livre I, chapitre XI. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), pp. 209. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ACHILL. Isag. 3 (31, 28 Maass) Θαλῆς δὲ ὁ Μιλήσιος καὶ Φ. ὁ Σύριος ἀρχὴν τῶν ὅλων τὸ ὕδωρ ὑφίστανται, ὃ δὴ καὶ Χάος καλεῖ ὁ Φ., ὡς εἰκὸς τοῦτο ἐκλεξάμενος παρὰ τοῦ Ἡσιόδου οὕτω λέγοντος [Th. 116] ‘ἤτοι μὲν πρώτιστα Χάος γένετο‘.

Talete Milesio e Ferecide Sirio stabiliscono come principio di tutto l’acqua, che Ferecide chiama pure Chaos, prendendo, com’è verisimile, questo da Esiodo, che dice cosi: «Certamente primissimo fu il Chaos».

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 209

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Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 209. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Ζὰς ποιεῖ φᾶρος μέγα τε καὶ καλὸν καὶ ἐν αὐτῶι ποικίλλει Γῆν καὶ Ὠγηνὸν καὶ τὰ Ὠγηνοῦ δώματα

Zas makes a cloak large and beautiful, and works on it earth and Ogenus, and the palace of Ogenus.

William Wilson · The Writings of Clement of Alexandria, volume II (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1869), Stromata VI.2.9

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The facing passage is the cloak quotation preserved by Clement, also present within the longer papyrus quotation. Wilson translates that quotation in full. The preceding and following papyrus text, the second Clement parallel and editorial material are not reproduced with this reading; this English does not cover those additional witnesses

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English · William Wilson. The Writings of Clement of Alexandria, volume II (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1869), Stromata VI.2.9. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), pp. 209. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ὁ Φερεκύδης ἔλεγεν εἰς Ἔρωτα μεταβεβλῆσθαι τὸν Δία μέλλοντα δημιουργεῖν, ὅτι δὴ τὸν κόσμον ἐκ τῶν ἐναντίων συνιστὰς εἰς ὁμολογίαν καὶ φιλίαν ἤγαγε καὶ ταυτότητα πᾶσιν ἐνέσπειρε καὶ ἕνωσιν τὴν δι’ ὅλων διήκουσαν.

Pherecydes said, that Jupiter when he was about to fabricate, was changed into Love. Because however, he constituted the world from contraries, he led it to concord and friendship, and disseminated in all things sameness and union which pervade through wholes.

Thomas Taylor · The Commentaries of Proclus on the Timaeus of Plato, vol. I (London: printed for and sold by the author, 1820), book III, p. 431

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Commentary on Plato’s Timaeus · on Timaeus 32c
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ὁ Φερεκύδης ἔλεγεν εἰς Ἔρωτα μεταβεβλῆσθαι τὸν Δία μέλλοντα δημιουργεῖν, ὅτι δὴ τὸν κόσμον ἐκ τῶν ἐναντίων συνιστὰς εἰς ὁμολογίαν καὶ φιλίαν ἤγαγε καὶ ταυτότητα πᾶσιν ἐνέσπειρε καὶ ἕνωσιν τὴν δι’ ὅλων διήκουσαν.
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The excerpt begins at “Pherecydes said” after Proclus’s connecting words “And perhaps looking to this”, matching the beginning of the retained Greek. Both following printed sentences are preserved without verbal alteration.

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English: Thomas Taylor · The Commentaries of Proclus on the Timaeus of Plato, vol. I (London: printed for and sold by the author, 1820), book III, p. 431 Published translation ↗

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English · Thomas Taylor. The Commentaries of Proclus on the Timaeus of Plato, vol. I (London: printed for and sold by the author, 1820), book III, p. 431. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 209. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ORIG. c. Cels. VI 42 [II 111, 13 K.] Φερεκύδην δὲ πολλῶι ἀρχαιότερον γενόμενον Ἡρακλείτου μυθοποιεῖν στρατείαν στρατείαι παραταττομένην καὶ τῆς μὲν ἡγεμόνα Κρόνον 〈ἀπο〉διδόναι, τῆς ἑτέρας δ’ Ὀφιονέα, προκλήσεις τε καὶ ἁμίλλας αὐτῶν ἱστορεῖν, συνθήκας τε αὐτοῖς γίγνεσθαι, ἵν’ ὁπότεροι αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν Ὠγηνὸν ἐμπέσωσι, τούτους μὲν εἶναι νενικημένους, τοὺς δ’ ἐξώσαντας καὶ νικήσαντας τούτους ἔχειν τὸν οὐρανόν. τούτου δὲ τοῦ βουλήματός φησιν ἔχεσθαι καὶ τὰ περὶ τοὺς Τιτᾶνας καὶ Γίγαντας μυστήρια θεομαχεῖν ἀπαγγελλομένους, καὶ τὰ παρ’ Αἰγυπτίοις περὶ Τυφῶνος καὶ Ὥρου καὶ Ὀσίριδος. PHILO BYBL. [Eus. P. E I 10, 50] παρὰ Φοινίκων δὲ καὶ Φ. λαβὼν τὰς ἀφορμὰς ἐθεολόγησε περὶ τοῦ παρ’ αὐτῶι λεγομένου Ὀφιονέως θεοῦ καὶ τῶν Ὀφιονιδῶν. TERT. de coron. 7 Saturnum Ph. ante omnes refert coronatum, Iovem Diodorus [ VI 4] post devictos Titanas.

Pherecydes, again, who is much older than Heraclitus, relates a myth of one army drawn up in hostile array against another, and names Kronos as the leader of the one, and Ophioneus of the other, and recounts their challenges and struggles, and mentions that agreements were entered into between them, to the end that whichever party should fall into the ocean should be held as vanquished, while those who had expelled and conquered them should have possession of heaven. The mysteries relating to the Titans and Giants also had some such (symbolical) meaning, as well as the Egyptian mysteries of Typhon, and Horus, and Osiris.

From the Phoenicians Pherecydes also took the first ideas of his theology concerning the god called by him Ophion and concerning the Ophionidae

Pherecydes relates that Saturn was the first who wore a crown; Diodorus, that Jupiter, after conquering the Titans, was honoured with this gift by the rest of the gods.

Frederick Crombie; E. H. Gifford; S. Thelwall · Origen, Against Celsus, tr. Frederick Crombie, ANF IV (1885); Eusebius, Preparation, tr. E. H. Gifford (1903); Tertullian, De Corona, tr. S. Thelwall, ANF III (1885)

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Published passage: Origen VI.42; Philo of Byblos in Eusebius I.10.50; Tertullian, De Corona 7

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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 4th edition, volume II (1922), pp. 203; ancient running text. View original source ↗

English: Frederick Crombie; E. H. Gifford; S. Thelwall · Origen, Against Celsus, tr. Frederick Crombie, ANF IV (1885); Eusebius, Preparation, tr. E. H. Gifford (1903); Tertullian, De Corona, tr. S. Thelwall, ANF III (1885) Published translation ↗

Additional translation sources: Frederick Crombie · Against Celsus VI.42 · E. H. Gifford · Preparation I.10.50 · S. Thelwall · De Corona 7

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English · Frederick Crombie; E. H. Gifford; S. Thelwall. Origen, Against Celsus, tr. Frederick Crombie, ANF IV (1885); Eusebius, Preparation, tr. E. H. Gifford (1903); Tertullian, De Corona, tr. S. Thelwall, ANF III (1885). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
Additional translation sources: Frederick Crombie · Against Celsus VI.42 · E. H. Gifford · Preparation I.10.50 · S. Thelwall · De Corona 7
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Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), pp. 209–210. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ORIG. c. Cels. VI 42 [II 112, 20 K.] καὶ διηγούμενός γε τὰ Ὁμηρικὰ ἔπη [A 590 O 18] φησὶ λόγους εἶναι τοῦ θεοῦ πρὸς τὴν ὕλην τοὺς λόγους τοῦ Διὸς πρὸς τὴν Ἥραν, τοὺς δὲ πρὸς τὴν ὕλην λόγους αἰνίττεσθαι, ὡς ἄρα ἐξ ἀρχῆς αὐτὴν πλημμελῶς ἔχουσαν διαλαβὼν ἀναλογίαις τισὶ συνέδησε καὶ ἐκόσμησεν ὁ θεός, καὶ ὅτι τοὺς περὶ αὐτὴν δαίμονας, ὅσοι ὑβρισταί, τούτους ἀπορριπτεῖ κολάζων αὐτοὺς τῆι δεῦρο ὁδῶι. ταῦτα δὲ τὰ Ὁμήρου ἔπη οὕτω νοηθέντα τὸν Φερεκύδην φησὶν εἰρηκέναι τὸ ‘ κείνης δὲ τῆς μοίρας ἔνερθέν ἐστιν ἡ ταρταρίη μοῖρα · φυλάσσουσι δ ’ αὐτὴν θυγατέρες Βορέου Ἅρπυιαί τε καὶ Θύελλα · ἔνθα Ζεὺς ἐκβάλλει θεῶν ὅταν τις ἐξυβρίσηι ‘. τῶν τοιούτων δέ φησιν ἔχεσθαι νοημάτων καὶ τὸν [περὶ] τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς πέπλον ἐν τῆι πομπῆι τῶν Παναθηναίων ὑπὸ πάντων θεωρούμενον. δηλοῦται γάρ, φησίν, ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἀμήτωρ τις καὶ ἄχραντος δαίμων ἐπικρατεῖ θρασυνομένων τῶν γηγενῶν.

Interpreting, moreover, the words of Homer, he adds: "The words of Zeus addressed to Hera are the words of God addressed to matter; and the words addressed to matter obscurely signify that the matter which at the beginning was in a state of discord (with God), was taken by Him, and bound together and arranged under laws, which may be analogically compared to chains; and that by way of chastising the demons who create disorder in it, he hurls them down headlong to this lower world." These words of Homer, he alleges, were so understood by Pherecydes, when he said that beneath that region is the region of Tartarus, which is guarded by the Harpies and Tempest, daughters of Boreas, and to which Zeus banishes any one of the gods who becomes disorderly. With the same ideas also are closely connected the peplos of Athena, which is beheld by all in the procession of the Panathenæa. For it is manifest from this, he continues, that a motherless and unsullied demon has the mastery over the daring of the Giants.

Frederick Crombie · Origen, Contra Celsum VI.42, Ante-Nicene Fathers IV (1885)

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Published passage: Against Celsus VI.42

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Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), pp. 210. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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PORPH. de antr. Nymph. 31 τοῦ Συρίου Φερεκύδου μυχοὺς καὶ βόθρους καὶ ἄντρα καὶ θύρας καὶ πύλας λέγοντος καὶ διὰ τούτων αἰνιττομένου τὰς τῶν ψυχῶν γενέσεις καὶ ἀπογενέσεις ... PROCL. in Tim. 29A; I 333, 28 D. τῶν παλαιῶν ἄντρον καλούντων τὸν κόσμον καὶ φρουρὰν καὶ σπήλαιον ...

Parlando Ferecide Sirio dei recessi e delle fosse e degli antri e delle uscite e delle porte e significando enigmaticamente in tali modi le nascite e le estinzioni delle anime. — Proclo, Sul Timeo, 29 a. Chiamando gli antichi antro e custodia e spelonca il cosmo.

Italian · Michele Losacco · Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 210

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Italian · Michele Losacco. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), p. 210. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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DIOG. I 119 [A 1] ἔλεγέ τε ὅτι οἱ θεοὶ τὴν τράπεζαν θυωρὸν καλοῦσιν.

He used to say, also, that the Gods call their table θυωρὸς.

Charles Duke Yonge · Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, translated C. D. Yonge (1853; G. Bell and Sons stereotype reprint, 1915)

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Published passage: Diogenes Laertius 1.119

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English · Charles Duke Yonge. Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, translated C. D. Yonge (1853; G. Bell and Sons stereotype reprint, 1915).. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Italian · Luigi Lechi. Michele Losacco, Introduzione alla storia della filosofia greca. Appendice di testi tradotti (Bari: Gius. Laterza & Figli, 1929), pp. 206. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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εἰ μὴ νὴ Δία φήσομεν, ὥσπερ ἡ Ἀθηνᾶ τῷ Ἀχιλλεῖ νέκταρός τι καὶ ἀμβροσίας ἐνέσταξε μὴ προσιεμένῳ τροφήν, οὕτω τὴν σελήνην, Ἀθηνᾶν λεγομένην καὶ οὖσαν, τρέφειν τοὺς ἄνδρας, ἀμβροσίαν ἀνιεῖσαν αὐτοῖς ἐφημέριον, ὡς Φερεκύδης ὁ παλαιὸς οἴεται σιτεῖσθαι τοὺς θεούς.

unless, by Jupiter, we will say that, as Minerva instilled nectar and ambrosia into the mouth of Achilles, when he received no other food, so the moon, which both is called and indeed is Minerva, nourishes men, producing for them and sending them every day ambrosia, with which, as old Pherecydes was wont to say, the Gods themselves are fed.

A. G.; revised William W. Goodwin · Plutarch’s Morals, vol. 5, translated by several hands, corrected and revised by William W. Goodwin (1911 reprint of the nineteenth-century revision of the 1684–1694 translation)

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Plutarch, De facie in orbe lunae 24, 938b; Gregorios N. Bernardakis (Vernardakēs), Moralia V (Leipzig: Teubner, 1893), Perseus transcription.
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Published passage: Plutarch, De facie in orbe lunae 24, 938b

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Plutarch, De facie in orbe lunae 24, 938b; Gregorios N. Bernardakis (Vernardakēs), Moralia V (Leipzig: Teubner, 1893), Perseus transcription. View original source ↗

English: A. G.; revised William W. Goodwin · Plutarch’s Morals, vol. 5, translated by several hands, corrected and revised by William W. Goodwin (1911 reprint of the nineteenth-century revision of the 1684–1694 translation). Published translation ↗

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English · A. G.; revised William W. Goodwin. Plutarch’s Morals, vol. 5, translated by several hands, corrected and revised by William W. Goodwin (1911 reprint of the nineteenth-century revision of the 1684–1694 translation).. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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