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Calling him Hephaestus, they have made his statue in human form, and they placed a blue felt cap upon it as a symbol of the celestial revolution, where the archetypal and purest form of fire is. But the fire brought down from heaven to earth is weaker, and in need of the support and foundation of matter; 3.11.24 for this reason he is lame, needing matter for support. And having understood such a power of the sun, they called him Apollo, from the vibration of his rays. And there are nine Muses who sing to him: the sublunary sphere, and the seven of the planets, and one of the fixed stars. And they surrounded him with the laurel, on the one hand because the plant is full of fire and for this reason hateful to daemons, and on the other hand because it crackles when 3.11.25 burned, as an indication that the god prophesies. And inasmuch as the sun is an averter of evils for earthly things, they called him Heracles, from his being broken against the air as he goes from east to west. And they made a myth of his toiling through twelve labors, ascribing to him the symbol of the division of the zodiac in the heaven; and they gave him a club and a lionskin, the one a token of the unevenness, 3.11.26 the other indicative of his strength in that sign of the zodiac. And of his saving power, Asclepius is the symbol; to whom they have given the staff for the support and raising up of the sick, and the serpent is coiled around it, bearing the sign of salvation for the body and soul; for the animal is most full of spirit and it sloughs off the weakness of the body. And it seems also to be most skilled in healing; for it discovered the remedy for sharp-sightedness and it is said in myth 3.11.27 to know a certain herb for coming back to life. And again, of the choral and circular motion, by which he ripens the fruits, the power of fire is otherwise called Dionysus <ἢ> the power of fruits that make moist, or from the sun's whirling or completing its revolution through the heaven. And in that he travels around the seasons of the cosmos and the sun is the creator of times 3.11.28 and seasons, for this reason he is called Horus. And again of his agricultural power, by which come the gifts of wealth, Pluto is the symbol. However, he likewise has a destructive power, for which reason they associate Sarapis with Pluto, making the purple tunic a symbol of the light that has sunk beneath the earth, and the mutilated scepter of the power below, 3.11.29 and the gesture of his hand of departing into the unseen. And Cerberus is three-headed, 3.11.30 because there are three upper regions of the sun: rising, midday, and setting. And understanding the moon from its "selas" (light), they named her Artemis, as if "aerotemis" (cutting the air); And Artemis is Locheia (goddess of childbirth), although she is a virgin, because the power of the new moon is conducive 3.11.31 to giving birth. And what Apollo is in the sun, this Athena is in the moon; for she is 3.11.32 a symbol of prudence, being a certain Athrena. And again the moon is Hecate, from the power of her transformation and according to her forms; for this reason her power is three-formed, for the new moon she bears the white robe and golden sandals and the lit torches; and the basket which she carries on high is for the cultivation of the fruits, which she nourishes according to the increase of her light; 3.11.33 and again of the full moon the bronze sandal is a symbol. Or one might take her fiery nature from the branch of laurel, and from the poppy her fertility and the multitude of souls that settle in her as in a city, because the poppy is a symbol of a city. And she is also Eileithyia, a symbol of the generative power; 3.11.34 and she carries a bow like Artemis on account of the sharpness of birth-pangs. And again the Fates are referred to her powers: Clotho to the generative, Lachesis to the nutritive, and Atropos to the unalterable will 3.11.35 of the god. And they associate with her also the generative power of fruits, which is Demeter, imparting power to her. And the moon is comprehensive of Kore. And they also associate Dionysus with her both because of the growth of her horns 3.11.36 and because of the region of clouds that lies in the parts below. And the power of Cronus sluggish and slow and cold

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προσειπόντες Ἥφαιστον ἀνθρωποειδὲς μὲν αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄγαλμα πεποιήκασιν, πῖλον δὲ περιέθεσαν κυάνεον τῆς οὐρανίου σύμβολον περιφορᾶς, ἔνθα τοῦ πυρὸς τὸ ἀρχοειδές τε καὶ ἀκραιφνέστατον. τὸ δ' εἰς γῆν κατενεχθὲν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ πῦρ ἀτονώτερον δεόμενόν τε στηρίγματος καὶ βάσεως τῆς ἐφ' ὕλης· 3.11.24 διὸ χωλεύει, ὕλης δεόμενον εἰς ὑπέρεισμα. καὶ ἡλίου δὲ τὴν τοιάνδε δύναμιν ὑπολαβόντες Ἀπόλλωνα προσεῖπον, ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν ἀκτίνων αὐτοῦ πάλσεως. ἐννέα δὲ ἐπᾴδουσαι αὐτῷ Μοῦσαι· ἥ τε ὑποσελήνιος σφαῖρα καὶ ἑπτὰ πλανητῶν καὶ μία ἡ τῆς ἀπλανοῦς. περιέθεσαν δὲ αὐτῷ τὴν δάφνην, τοῦτο μὲν ὅτι πυρὸς πλῆρες τὸ φυτὸν καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀπεχθὲς δαίμοσιν, τοῦτο δὲ ὅτι λάλον καιό3.11.25 μενον, εἰς παράστασιν τοῦ προφητεύειν τὸν θεόν. καθὸ δὲ ἀπαλεξίκακός ἐστι τῶν ἐπιγείων ὁ ἥλιος, Ἡρακλέα αὐτὸν προσεῖπον, ἐκ τοῦ κλᾶσθαι πρὸς τὸν ἀέρα ἀπ' ἀνατολῆς εἰς δύσιν ἰόντα. δώδεκα δ' ἄθλους ἐκμοχθεῖν ἐμυθολό γησαν, τῆς κατὰ τὸν οὐρανὸν διαιρέσεως τῶν ζῳδίων τὸ σύμβολον ἐπιφημίσαντες· ῥόπαλον δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ λεοντῆν περιέθεσαν, τὸ μὲν τῆς ἀνωμαλίας μή3.11.26 νυμα, τὸ δὲ τῆς κατὰ τὸ ζῴδιον ἐμφανιστικὸν ἰσχύος. τῆς δὲ σωστικῆς αὐτοῦ δυνάμεως Ἀσκληπιὸς τὸ σύμβολον· ᾧ τὸ μὲν βάκτρον δεδώκασι τῆς τῶν καμνόντων ὑπερείσεως καὶ ἀναστάσεως, ὁ δὲ ὄφις περισπειρᾶται τῆς περὶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν σωτηρίας φέρων σημεῖον· πνευματικώτατον γὰρ τὸ ζῷόν ἐστι καὶ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τοῦ σώματος ἀποδύεται. δοκεῖ δὲ καὶ ἰατρικώτατον εἶναι· τῆς γὰρ ὀξυδορκίας εὗρε τὸ φάρμακον καὶ μυθεύεται τῆς ἀναβιώσεως 3.11.27 εἰδέναι τινὰ βοτάνην. τῆς δ' αὖ χορευτικῆς τε καὶ ἐγκυκλίου κινήσεως, καθ' ἣν τοὺς καρποὺς πεπαίνει, ἡ πυρὸς δύναμις ∆ιόνυσος κέκληται ἑτέρως <ἢ> ἡ τῶν ὑγροποιῶν καρπῶν δύναμις, ἢ παρὰ τὸ δινεῖν ἢ διανύειν τὸν ἥλιον τὴν κατὰ τὸν οὐρανὸν περιφοράν. ᾗ δὲ περὶ τὰς ὥρας τοῦ κόσμου περιπολεῖ καὶ χρόνων 3.11.28 ἐστὶ ποιητικὸς καὶ καιρῶν ὁ ἥλιος, Ὧρος κατὰ τοῦτο κέκληται. τῆς δ' αὖ γεωργικῆς αὐτοῦ δυνάμεως, καθ' ἣν αἱ δόσεις τοῦ πλούτου, σύμβολον ὁ Πλούτων. ὁμοίως μέντοι καὶ φθαρτικὴν ἔχει δύναμιν, διὸ τῷ Πλούτωνι συνοικίζουσι τὸν Σάραπιν, τοῦ μὲν δεδυκότος ὑπὸ γῆν φωτὸς τὸν πορφυροῦν χιτῶνα ποιούμενοι σύμβολον, τὸ δὲ ἠκρωτηριασμένον σκῆπτρον τῆς κάτω δυνάμεως τό 3.11.29 τε σχῆμα τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ μεταχωρεῖν εἰς τὸ ἀφανές. ὁ δὲ Κέρβερος τρικέφαλος 3.11.30 μέν, ὅτι τρεῖς αἱ ἄνω χῶραι ἡλίου, ἀνατολή, μεσημβρία, δύσις. τὴν δὲ σελήνην παρὰ τὸ σέλας ὑπολαβόντες Ἄρτεμιν προσηγόρευσαν, οἷον ἀερότεμιν· Λοχεία τε ἡ Ἄρτεμις, καίπερ οὖσα παρθένος, ὅτι ἡ τῆς νουμηνίας δύναμις προσθετικὴ 3.11.31 εἰς τὸ τίκτειν. ὅπερ δὲ Ἀπόλλων ἐν ἡλίῳ, τοῦτο Ἀθηνᾶ ἐν σελήνῃ· ἔστι 3.11.32 γὰρ τῆς φρονήσεως σύμβολον, Ἀθρηνᾶ τις οὖσα. Ἑκάτη δὲ ἡ σελήνη πάλιν, τῆς περὶ αὐτὴν μετασχηματίσεως καὶ κατὰ τοὺς σχηματισμοὺς δυνάμεως· διὸ τρίμορφος ἡ δύναμις, τῆς μὲν νουμηνίας φέρουσα τὴν λευχείμονα καὶ χρυσοσάνδαλον καὶ τὰς λαμπάδας ἡμμένας· ὁ δὲ κάλαθος, ὃν ἐπὶ τοῖς μετεώροις φέρει, τῆς τῶν καρπῶν κατεργασίας, οὓς ἀνατρέφει κατὰ τὴν τοῦ φωτὸς παραύξησιν· 3.11.33 τῆς δ' αὖ πανσελήνου ἡ χαλκοσάνδαλος σύμβολον. ἢ καὶ ἐκ μὲν τοῦ κλάδου τῆς δάφνης λάβοι ἄν τις αὐτῆς τὸ ἔμπυρον, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ μήκωνος τὸ γόνιμον καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν εἰσοικιζομένων εἰς αὐτὴν ψυχῶν ὥσπερ εἰς πόλιν, ὅτι πόλεως ὁ μήκων σύμβολον. καὶ Εἰλείθυια δὲ ἡ αὐτή, τῆς γεννητικῆς δυνάμεως σύμβο3.11.34 λον· τόξα δὲ φέρει καθάπερ ἡ Ἄρτεμις διὰ τὴν τῶν ὠδίνων ὀξύτητα. πάλιν δ' αὖ αἱ Μοῖραι ἐπὶ τὰς δυνάμεις αὐτῆς ἀναφέρονται· ἡ μὲν Κλωθὼ ἐπὶ τὴν γεννητικήν, Λάχεσις δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν θρεπτικήν, Ἄτροπος δὲ ἡ κατὰ τὸ ἀπαραίτητον 3.11.35 τοῦ θεοῦ. συνοικίζουσι δὲ αὐτῇ καὶ τὴν τῶν καρπῶν γεννητικὴν δύναμιν, ἥπερ ἐστὶ ∆ημήτηρ, δύναμιν ἐμποιοῦσαν αὐτῇ. καὶ ἔστι συνεκτικὴ τῆς Κόρης ἡ σελήνη. προσοικίζουσι δὲ καὶ τὸν ∆ιόνυσον διά τε τὴν τῶν κεράτων ἔκφυσιν 3.11.36 καὶ διὰ τὸν τῶν νεφῶν τόπον τὸν ὑποκείμενον τοῖς κάτω μέρεσιν. τὴν δὲ τοῦ Κρόνου δύναμιν νωχελῆ καὶ βραδεῖαν καὶ ψυχρὰν