Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">Let us see what Celsus says next, when he adduces from\r\nhistory marvellous occurrences, which in themselves seem to\r\nbe incredible, but which are not discredited by him, so far at\r\nleast as appears from his words. And, in the first place, regarding\r\nAristeas of Proconnesus, of whom he speaks as follows:\r\n“Then, with respect to Aristeas of Proconnesus, who disappeared\r\nfrom among men in a manner so indicative of divine\r\nintervention,<a id=\"r321\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f321\"><sup>[321]</sup></a> and who showed himself again in so unmistakeable\r\na fashion, and on many subsequent occasions visited many\r\nparts of the world, and announced marvellous events, and whom\r\nApollo enjoined the inhabitants of Metapontium to regard\r\nas a god, no one considers him to be a god.” This account\r\nhe appears to have taken from Pindar and Herodotus. It will\r\nbe sufficient, however, at present to quote the statement of the\r\nlatter writer from the fourth book of his histories, which is to\r\nthe following effect: “Of what country Aristeas, who made\r\nthese verses, was, has already been mentioned, and I shall now\r\nrelate the account I heard of him in Proconnesus and Cyzicus.\r\nThey say that Aristeas, who was inferior to none of the citizens\r\nby birth, entering into a fuller’s shop in Proconnesus, died\r\nsuddenly, and that the fuller, having closed his workshop, went\r\nto acquaint the relatives of the deceased. When the report\r\nhad spread through the city that Aristeas was dead, a certain\r\nCyzicenian, arriving from Artace, fell into a dispute with those\r\nwho made the report, affirming that he had met and conversed\r\nwith him on his way to Cyzicus, and he vehemently disputed\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_107\">107</span>the truth of the report; but the relations of the deceased went\r\nto the fuller’s shop, taking with them what was necessary for\r\nthe purpose of carrying the body away; but when the house\r\nwas opened, Aristeas was not to be seen, either dead or alive.\r\nThey say that afterwards, in the seventh year, he appeared in\r\nProconnesus, composed those verses which by the Greeks are\r\nnow called Arimaspian, and having composed them, disappeared\r\na second time. Such is the story current in these cities. But\r\nthese things I know happened to the Metapontines in Italy\r\n340 years after the second disappearance of Aristeas, as I discovered\r\nby computation in Proconnesus and Metapontium.\r\nThe Metapontines say that Aristeas himself, having appeared\r\nin their country, exhorted them to erect an altar to Apollo, and\r\nto place near it a statue bearing the name of Aristeas the Proconnesian;\r\nfor he said that Apollo had visited their country\r\nonly of all the Italians, and that he himself, who was now\r\nAristeas, accompanied him; and that when he accompanied\r\nthe god he was a crow; and after saying this he vanished.\r\nAnd the Metapontines say they sent to Delphi to inquire of\r\nthe god what the apparition of the man meant; but the\r\nPythian bade them obey the apparition, and if they obeyed it\r\nwould conduce to their benefit. They accordingly, having received\r\nthis answer, fulfilled the injunctions. And now, a statue\r\nbearing the name of Aristeas is placed near the image of\r\nApollo, and around it laurels are planted: the image is placed\r\nin the public square. Thus much concerning Aristeas.”<a id=\"r322\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f322\"><sup>[322]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK III.","Chapter XXVI."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-159"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"6e165b19fd70e63631427040e887d5005754c784dc18503532957f54630f028a","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. 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