# [Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγίστου] Ποιμάνδρης 14

Corpus Hermeticum, [Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγίστου] Ποιμάνδρης, Section 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-3/14

καὶ [ὁ τοῦ τῶν θνητῶν κόσμου καὶ τῶν ἀλόγων ζῴων ἔχων πᾶσαν ἐξουσίαν] διὰ τῆς ἁρμονίας παρέκυψεν, ἀναρρήξας τὸ κΎτος, καὶ ἔδειξε τ῀ιΗ κατωφερεῖ φύσει τὴν καλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ μορφήν. ἡ[ν] ⟨δέ⟩, ἰδοῦσα ⟨τὸ⟩ [[ἀκόρεστον]] κάλλος [[πᾶσαν ἐνέργειαν ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἔχοντα τῶν διοικητόρων]] τῆϲ [τε] μορφῆϲ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐμειδίασεν ἔρωτι ⟨⟨ἀκορέστῳ⟩⟩ ⟨⟨τοῦ ἀνθρώπου⟩⟩, [ἅτε] τῆς καλλίστης μορφῆς [[τοῦ ἀνθρώπου]] τὸ εἶδος ἐν τῷ ὕδατι ⟨ἀναδ⟩ιδοῦσα, καὶ τὸ σκίασμα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. ὁ δέ, ἰδὼν τὴν ὁμοίαν αὑτῷ μορφὴν [ἐν ἑαυτῷ] οὖσαν ἐν ⟨τῇ γῇ καὶ⟩ τῷ ὕδατι, ἐφίλησε, καὶ ἠβουλήθη αὐτοῦ οἰκεῖν. ἅμα δὲ τῇ βουλῇ ἐγένετο ἐνέργεια, καὶ ᾤκησε τὴν ἄλογον ⎡μορφήν⎤. ἡ δὲ φύσις λαβοῦσα τὸν ἐρώμενον περιεπλάκη ὅλη, καὶ ἐμίγησαν· ἐρώμενοι γὰρ ἦσαν.

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