Ἄθεον

godless, sacrilegious

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 5 Nov 2000 · Vetting: high · 7 revisions

Translation

"It is sacrilegious not to preserve the immortality of the soul and exalt it to the godlike and unite it to the divine with invulnerable and indissoluble bonds, but by contrast to drag down and suppress what is divine in us into some earthly and sinful and gigantic or titanic prison."¹

Greek original

Ἄθεον· ἄθεόν ἐστι τὸ μὴ τὴν ἀθανασίαν τῆς ψυχῆς διασῴζειν καὶ ἀνάγειν εἰς τὸ θεοειδὲς καὶ συνάγειν αὐτὴν πρὸς τὸ θεῖον ἀρρήκτοις καὶ ἀλύτοις δεσμοῖς, ἢ τἀναντία τούτων, τὸ κατασπᾶν καὶ καθέλ- κειν τὸ ἐν ἡμῖν θεῖον εἰς τὸ γηγενὲς καὶ ἀλιτήριον, καὶ γιγαντῶδες ἢ τιτανικὸν δεσμωτήριον.

Betacode

*)/aqeon: a)/qeo/n e)sti to\ mh\ th\n a)qanasi/an th=s yuxh=s diasw/|zein kai\ a)na/gein ei)s to\ qeoeide\s kai\ suna/gein au)th\n pro\s to\ qei=on a)rrh/ktois kai\ a)lu/tois desmoi=s, h)\ ta)nanti/a tou/twn, to\ kataspa=n kai\ kaqe/l-  kein to\ e)n h(mi=n qei=on ei)s to\ ghgene\s kai\ a)lith/rion, kai\ gigantw=des h)\ titaniko\n desmwth/rion.

Notes (1)

The unglossed headword, neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective, is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
1Tentatively attributed by Adler to Damascius; and it is now Life of Isidore fr. 32 Zintzen, 19 Athanassiadi.

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Neighbours in Adler order

α713Ἀθέλιμνοςathelimnos α714Ἀθέμισταlawless [things]α715Ἀθέμιτονlawless α716Ἄθεονgodless, sacrilegious α717Ἀθεωρητίunobservedly α718Ἀθεραπευσίαneglect α719Ἀθέρεςchaff, stalks

Revisions (7)

1 May 2015David Whitehead
19 Jan 2012David Whiteheadexpanded notes; more keywords
15 May 2003Catharine Rothmodified translation
14 May 2002David Whiteheadmodified note; cosmetics
6 Nov 2000Catharine RothMinor alterations; note.
5 Nov 2000Jennifer Benedicttranslated

Greek original

Betacode

*)/aqeon: a)/qeo/n e)sti to\ mh\ th\n a)qanasi/an th=s yuxh=s diasw/|zein kai\ a)na/gein ei)s to\ qeoeide\s kai\ suna/gein au)th\n pro\s to\ qei=on a)rrh/ktois kai\ a)lu/tois desmoi=s, h)\ ta)nanti/a tou/twn, to\ kataspa=n kai\ kaqe/l-  kein to\ e)n h(mi=n qei=on ei)s to\ ghgene\s kai\ a)lith/rion, kai\ gigantw=des h)\ titaniko\n desmwth/rion.