Πτέρυγες περιστερᾶς
wings of a dove
Translated by William Hutton2 Oct 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πτέρυγες περιστερᾶς· αἱ τοῦ πνεύματος δωρεαί. ταύτης δὲ τὰς μὲν πτέρυγας περιηργυρῶσθαι, τὰ δὲ μετάφρενα κεκοσμῆσθαι χρυσίῳ. τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἁπλούστερα καὶ λευκότερα τοῖς ἁπλουστέροις, τὰ δὲ βαθύτερα τοῖς ἐντελεστέροις. τὰ γὰρ μυστήριά μου ἐμοὶ καὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς.
Betacode
*pte/ruges peristera=s: ai( tou= pneu/matos dwreai/. tau/ths de\ ta\s me\n pte/rugas perihrgurw=sqai, ta\ de\ meta/frena kekosmh=sqai xrusi/w|. ta\ me\n ga\r a(plou/stera kai\ leuko/tera toi=s a(plouste/rois, ta\ de\ baqu/tera toi=s e)nteleste/rois. ta\ ga\r musth/ria/ mou e)moi\ kai\ toi=s e)moi=s.
Notes (1)
- A paraphrase of Theodoret's commentary on Psalm 67:14 LXX (PG 80.1384), where the headword phrase occurs. The image of the dove made of two metals is often interpreted in early Christian commentary as an allegory for the Old and New Testaments and/or for beginning and advanced stages of spiritual development.
- 1A phrase that Theodoret elsewhere (PG 80.1041) attributes to the prophet Isaiah; it does not occur in the standard text but, as Adler notes, does occur in Theodotion's version of Isaiah 24.16. (Also, Eusebius reports
to\ musth/rio/n mou e)moi/ as from the version of Symmachus.) ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 25 May 2016
- codings — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded n.2; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- expanded note, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton