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Chapter XLIX.—Symbol
of the Creature; And of Spirit; And of the Different Orders of
Animals.
But Aratus says, near this (constellation) is
Cepheus, and Cassiepea, and Andromeda, and Perseus, great lineaments of
the creation to those who are able to discern them. For he
asserts that Cepheus is Adam, Cassiepea Eve, Andromeda the soul of both
of these, Perseus the Logos, winged offspring of Jove, and
Cetos306
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i.e., literally a sea-monster (Cicero’s Pistrix);
Arat., Phænom., v. 353 et seq. | the plotting
monster. Not to any of these, but to Andromeda only does he
repair, who slays the Beast; from whom, likewise taking unto himself
Andromeda, who had been delivered (and) chained to the Beast, the
Logos—that is, Perseus—achieves, he says, her
liberation. Perseus, however, is the winged axle that pierces
both poles through the centre of the earth, and turns the world
round. The spirit also, that which is in the world, is
(symbolized by) Cycnus, a bird—a musical animal near “The
Bears”—type of the Divine Spirit, because that when it
approaches the end itself of life,307
307
πρὸς
αὐτοῖς ἤδη
τοῖς τέρμασι
γενόμενον
τοῦ βίου. Some read
τοῖς
σπέρμασι, which yields
no intelligible meaning. | it alone is fitted by nature to sing, on
departing with good hope from the wicked creation, (and) offering up
hymns unto God. But crabs, and bulls, and lions, and rams, and
goats, and kids, and as many other beasts as have their names used for
denominating the stars in the firmament, are, he says, images, and
exemplars from which the creation, subject to change, obtaining (the
different) species, becomes replete with animals of this
description.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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