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drjXovcrdai 8ia rcbv iirwv epprjvevaas). Having asked of Nyx how all things might
be both one and divided, he was bidden to wrap aither round the world and tie
up the bundle with the 'golden cord' (Orph. frag. 165 f. Kern op. Prokl. in Plat.
Tim. i. 31 ff. Diehl, ii. 24, 23 ff., ii. 112, 3 ff. : cp. II. 8. 18 ff. with the sensible
remarks of Dr W. Leaf ad loc). In arranging the universe he was helped by
Dike (Orph./r«£". 158 Kern aft. Prokl. in Plat, remft. ii. 144, 29 ff. Kroll, in Plat.
theol. 6. 8 p. 363 Portus) and Nomos (Orph. frag. 160 Kern aft. Prokl. z>z Plat.
Tim. i. 315, 11 ff. Diehl, id. in Plat. Alcib. i. 219 f. Creuzer). Rhea, as the
mother of Zeus, was named Demeter (Orph. frag. 145 Kern aft. Prokl. in Plat.
Cratyl. pp. 80, 10 ff. and 90, 28 ff. Pasquali, in Plat, theol. 5. 11 p. 267 Portus).
Athena in full armour sprang from the head of Zeus (Orph. frag. 174 Kern aft.
Prokl. in Plat. Tim. i. 166, 21 ff. Diehl, cp. Orph. frag. 176 Kern aft. Prokl. in
Plat. Tim. i. 169, iff. Diehl) and, as 'leader of the Kouretes,' taught them
rhythmic dancing {Oxy\\. frag. 185 Kern aft. Prokl. in Plat. Cratyl. p. 112, 16 ff.
Pasquali): hence the first Kouretes are said to have been wreathed with olive
(Orph. frag. 186 Kern aft. Prokl. in Plat, remft. i. 138, 12 ff. Kroll). Athena was
also the best of the goddesses at weaving and spinning (Orph./rao; 178 Kern
aft. Prokl. in Plat. Cratyl. p. 21, 13 ff. Pasquali). Being herself the wisdom of
the creator and the virtue of the leading gods, she bore the name of Arete
(Orph. frag. 175 Kern aft. Prokl. in Plat. Tim. i. 170, 3 ff. Diehl, cp. i. 185, 1 ff.).
Artemis, the lover of virginity (Orph. frag. 187 f. Kern aft. Prokl. in Plat.
Cratyl. p. 105, 18 ff. Pasquali), was also called Hekate (Orph. frag. 188 Kern aft.
Prokl. in Plat. Cratyl. p. 106, 25 ff. Pasquali). Zeus and Dione between them
produced Aphrodite, who arose—like her namesake the daughter of Ouranos—
from the seed of the god falling into the sea (cp. Orph. frag. 127 Kern aft. Prokl.

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'A(ppo8LTrjv I dcppoyeurj of the second). Zeus also mated with his sister Hera, who
was said to be lo-oreXrjs, 'of equal rank,' with him (Orph. frag. 163 Kern aft.
Prokl. in Plat. Tim. i. 450, 20 ff. Diehl, cp. ib. iii. 249, 2 ff. So also Orph. ei>xh
7rpo? Movo-alov 16, id. h. Her. 16. 2, id. frag. 115 Kern aft. Eustath. in Dionys.
fter. 1, Dion Chrys. or. 36 p. 99 Reiske). O. Gruppe {Cult. Myth, orient. Rel.
i. 637 ff., in the fahrb.f. class. Philol. 1890 Suppl. xvii. 716 ff., Gr. Myth. Rel.
p. 432, in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. U4of.) contends that the Rhapsodic theogony
further included much that E. Abel (Orfthica Lipsiae—Pragae 1885 p. 224 ff.)
assigns to the TeXeral, in particular the whole story of Dionysos. Zeus consorted
with his own mother Rhea or Demeter, both he and she being in the form of
snakes, and had by her a horned, four-eyed, two-faced daughter Phersephone
or Kore, with whom he, again in snake-form, consorted and had for offspring a
horned babe, the chthonian Dionysos or Zagreus (suftra i. 398: other notices of