Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>The third is said to be a writing copy for children—μάρπτες σφίγξ,\r\nκλώψ ζυνχθηδόν. And it signifies, in my opinion, that by the\r\narrangement of the elements and of the world, we must advance to the\r\nknowledge of what is more perfect, since eternal salvation is attained\r\nby force and toil; for μάρψαι is to grasp. And the harmony of the\r\nworld is meant<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_251\">[251]</span> by the Sphinx; and ζυνχθηδόν means difficulty; and\r\nκλὼψς means at once the secret knowledge of the Lord and day. Well!\r\ndoes not Epigenes, in his book on the <i>Poetry of Orpheus</i>, in\r\nexhibiting the peculiarities found in Orpheus, say that by “the curved\r\nrods” (κεραίσι) is meant “ploughs;” and by the warp (στήμοσι), the\r\nfurrows; and the woof (μίτος) is a figurative expression for the seed;\r\nand that the tears of Zeus signify a shower; and that the “parts”\r\n(μοῖραι) are, again, the phases of the moon, the thirtieth day, and the\r\nfifteenth, and the new moon, and that Orpheus accordingly calls them\r\n“white-robed,” as being parts of the light? Again, that the Spring is\r\ncalled “flowery,” from its nature; and Night “still,” on account of\r\nrest; and the Moon “Gorgonian,” on account of the face in it; and that\r\nthe time in which it is necessary to sow is called Aphrodite by the\r\n“Theologian.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_778\" id=\"FNanchor_778\">[778]</a> In the same way, too, the Pythagoreans figuratively\r\ncalled the planets the “dogs of Persephone;” and to the sea they\r\napplied the metaphorical appellation of “the tears of Kronus.” Myriads\r\non myriads of enigmatical utterances by both poets and philosophers\r\nare to be found; and there are also whole books which present the mind\r\nof the writer veiled, as that of Heraclitus <i>On Nature</i>, who on\r\nthis very account is called “Obscure.” Similar to this book is the\r\n<i>Theology</i> of Pherecydes of Syrus; for Euphorion the poet, and the\r\n<i>Causes</i> of Callimachus, and the <i>Alexandra</i> of Lycophron,\r\nand the like, are proposed as an exercise in exposition to all the\r\ngrammarians.</p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","BOOK V.","CHAPTER VIII. THE USE OF THE SYMBOLIC STYLE BY POETS AND PHILOSOPHERS."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_778","paragraph_id":"pg73020-paragraph-376"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"f0b7fb6a6da292558ccf57ad6c6e5a604ad7e48e7d4b9536e73f818ad260f5d4","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg73020-Footnote_778","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1869 English translation; translator died 1875. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"Footnote_778","source_ebook":73020,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_778\" id=\"Footnote_778\">[778]</a> Orpheus.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"c35077683d75abe553cc6ef5d3ef5a1a978f07dfbcf4bad5c3d56302ad03dc19","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73020/pg73020-images.html#Footnote_778","text_sha256":"06dc23b0e1b1c56cbe8145393c502d4753c2e67d75aba52a6205d36a0256858c","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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