By Gábor Betegh
G?bor Betegh provides the 1st systematic reconstruction and exam of the Derveni papyrus and analyzes its position within the highbrow milieu of its age. present in 1962 close to Thessaloniki one of the is still of a funeral pyre, it truly is one of many earliest surviving Greek papyri and is a record of fundamental value for knowing spiritual and philosophical advancements of the time of Socrates. The e-book will charm strongly to classicists, philosophers and historians of faith.
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A man mingling with a woman is said by common usage to aphrodise. For (this reason) as the things that are now got mixed with one another, (this god) has got the name Aphrodite. (It has got the name) Peitho, because the beings yielded to one another; and to yield and to persuade is the same. (It has got the name) Harmonia, because many of the beings got fitted to one another. For they existed even before, but were spoken of as ‘being born’ since they were separated out . . to be separated out makes clear that .
ZPE präto Ts. ap. to . ZPE 13. [gneto Ts. ap. L&M prä]tog Ts. ap. nta Janko: g.. r. Ts. ap. [a Ts. ap. [e Janko 14. o¬ Ts. ap. [oi Ts. ap. L&M: 15. [wn ZPE oÉ gignÛ kont]e Ts. ap. L&M: o¬ m uni ant]e ZPE prwt»gonon e²nai Ts. ap. L&M The Derveni Papyrus 39 col. 18 . . and those moving downwards. But speaking about [. ] he means that the [? earth] and all the other things are in the air, it being breath. Now Orpheus named this breath Moira. But all other men according to the common usage say that Moira spun for them and that those things which the Moira has spun will be, on the one hand speaking correctly, but on the other hand not knowing either what Moira is or what spinning is.
Tai i. Janko 14. ]n ZPE: t¼]n Janko The Derveni Papyrus 21 col. 9. being. He made the strength to belong to the strongest, just as a son belongs to the father. Those who do not understand the meaning of the things said think that Zeus takes the strength and the daimon from his father. Now, knowing that fire, [in as much as] it is mixed with the others, agitates the things that are and hinders them from getting set together because of fomenting, he removed it to an adequate distance, so that once it is removed, it does not hinder the things that are from coagulating.