Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy
Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy
Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy
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146 Eleusinian <strong>and</strong>the soul in such a state, principally accordingto the energies <strong>and</strong> promptings of imagination <strong>and</strong> nature. For thus her garments arebeautifully described by the poet :Quas inter Cereris proles, nunc gloria matris,Mox dolor, sequali tendit per gramina passu,Nee membris nee honore minor ; potuitquePallas, si clipeum, si ferret spicula, Plioebe.Collectae tereti nodantur jaspide vestes.Pectinis ingenio nunquam felicior artiContigit eventus.Nullse sic consona telgeFila, nee in tantum veri duxere figuram.Hie Hyperionis Solem de sernine nasciFecerat, et pariter, sed forma dispare lunam,Aurora? noctisque duces. Cunabula TethysPrrabet, et infantes gremio solatur anhelos,Caaruleusque sinus roseis radiatur alumnis.Invalidum dextro portat Titana lacertoNondum luce gravem, nee pubescentibus alteCristatum radiis :primo clementior aevoFingitur, et tenerum vagitu despuit ignem.LsBva parte soror vitrei libamina potatUberis, et parvo signatur tempora cornu.In which description the sun represents thephantasy, <strong>and</strong> the moon, nature, as is wellknown to every tyro in the <strong>Platonic</strong> philosophy. They are likewise, with great propriety, described in their infantine state : for
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