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Often appears with: fate, destiny, and necessity · the nature and attributes of God · providence and divine governance · judgment, heaven, and hell · civil war and rebellion · the rise and fall of greatness · the problem of evil and theodicy · ten-year siege of troy · strategy and the aims of war · siege casualties · siege and fortification · scudilo and barbatio
Usually: wonder (4) · reflection (3) · indignation (3) · argument (2) · the fall of the great (2) · detachment (2) · lament (2) · reverence (2) · commentary or gloss (1) · narrative (1)
“What is the law I call in aid? ’Tis thus I argue. Had it been a husband dead I might have wed another, and have borne Another child, to take the dead child’s place.” Sophocles, Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Col · observation
“One should not merely read tragedies, tales, and histories, but should understand and ponder over them.” Polybius, The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 2 (of 2) · precept
“In all of them one may learn that whenever brothers fall out and allow their quarrel to go any great length, they invariably end not only by destroying themselves but in the utter ruin of their property, children, and cities;” Polybius, The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 2 (of 2) · insight
Opis kills Aruns with an arrow as the Volscians collapse and Turnus’s side retreats into the city, where panic leads to crushing at the gate and a renewed slaughter.
wretch, and be his name abhorr’d; But after ages shall thy praise record. Th’ inglorious coward soon shall press the plain: Thus vows thy queen, and thus the Fates ordain.” High o’er the field there stood a hilly mound, Sacred the place, and spread with oaks around, Where, in a marble tomb, Dercennus lay, A king that once in Latium bore the sway. The beauteous Opis thither bent her flight, …
It affirms God’s control over the timing of the Hour, denies that idols or claimed “companions” can help, contrasts human prayers in good and distress, and warns that the Book is guidance and blameworthy for rejecters.
He who doth right–it is for himself:15 and he who doth evil–it is for himself: and thy Lord will not deal unfairly with his servants. With Him alone16 is the knowledge of "the Hour." No fruit cometh forth from its coverings, neither doth any female conceive, nor is she delivered, but with His knowledge. And on that day He shall call men to Him, saying, "Where are the companions ye gave me?" They shall say, "We own t…
After Gallus' death, Ammianus reflects on Nemesis/Adrastea as a divine avenger and describes the fates of Scudilo and Barbatio, then gives Gallus' age, reign length, birthplace, and character.
the aid of his counsel and concurrence, and that he had need of such additional support in order to crush the power of the Parthian tribes, who were threatening war. 5. And that he who was thus invited might not suspect anything unfriendly, the Count Prosper was sent to act as his deputy till he returned. Accordingly, when Ursicinus had received the letters, and had obtained a sufficient supply of carriages, and mea…
The chorus of Mycenaean elders recalls the ten-year campaign to Troy and, through songs of birds’ and other omens, warns that Zeus and Artemis have ordained mixed outcomes that foreshadow evil within the royal house of Atreus.
’tis ordered all, And woes, by heaven ordained, must fall— Unsoothed by tears or spilth of wine Poured forth too late, the wrath divine Glares vengeance on the flameless shrine. And we in gray dishonoured eld, Feeble of frame, unfit were held To join the warrior array That then went forth unto the fray: And here at home we tarry, fain Our feeble footsteps to sustain, Each on his staff—so strength doth wa…
Polybius describes a dreadful turning point for Philip: divine furies torment him as he relocates leading citizens from key cities to Emathia, fills cities with Thracians, and arrests heirs of those he executed.
[Sidenote: Part of a speech of Philip to his two sons after the quarrel at the manœuvres. See Livy, 40, 8.] +11.+ “One should not merely read tragedies, tales, and histories, but should understand and ponder over them. In all of them one may learn that whenever brothers fall out and allow their quarrel to go any great length, they invariably end not only by destroying themselves but in the utter ruin of their proper…
It warns that people who lead others astray will carry those wrongs fully on the Day of Resurrection, and that earlier plotters will be destroyed by Allah in ways they did not perceive.
they may bear their burdens undiminished on the Day of Resurrection, with somewhat of the burdens of those whom they mislead without knowledge. Ah! evil is that which they bear! S: That they may bear their burdens entirely on the day of resurrection and also of the burdens of those whom they lead astray without knowledge; now surely evil is what they bear. 016.026 Y: Those before them did also plot (against Allah's…
The Chorus compares Antigone to other imprisoned or doomed figures and introduces Teiresias, who warns Creon that violating proper burial rites profanes the gods and will bring punishment to his household.
if she choose, to live in solitude, The tomb her dwelling. We in either case Are guiltless as concerns this maiden’s blood, Only on earth no lodging shall she find. ANTIGONE. O grave, O bridal bower, O prison house Hewn from the rock, my everlasting home, Whither I go to join the mighty host Of kinsfolk, Persephassa’s guests long dead, The last of all, of all more miserable, I pass, my destined span of years cut sho…
He ends by aligning with the author’s conclusions about divine laws, positive versus natural laws, and punishment, saying these correspond to his own opinion and serve as the work’s conclusion.
the good nothing save what ministers to their greater good. These conclusions entirely correspond to my opinion, and one can say nothing more appropriate for the conclusion of this work. [443] * * * * * CAUSA DEI ASSERTA PER JUSTITIAM EJUS *cum caeteris ejus perfectionibus cunctisque actionibus conciliatam.* The original edition of the Theodicy contained a fourth appendix under this…