Sophia Scriptura

Octavius 23.4

Minucius Felix · Octavius · ca. 197–250 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Homer tells shameful stories of Jupiter's weakness and lust.

Latin text · CSEL 2:33

Iouem narrat Briareo liberatum, ne adiis ceteris ligaretur, et Sarpedonem filium, quoniam morti non poterat eripere, cruentis imbribus fleuisse, et loro Veneris inlectum flagrantius, quam in adulteras soleat, cum Iunone uxore concumbere.

English · Claude translation

He tells that Jupiter was freed by Briareus so as not to be bound by the other gods; that he wept tears of blood for his son Sarpedon, because he could not snatch him from death; and that, enticed by the girdle of Venus, he lay with his wife Juno more ardently than he is wont with adulteresses.

About this passage

Source
CSEL 2:33 · Karl Halm, ed., M. Minucii Felicis Octavius; Iulii Firmici Materni Liber de errore profanarum religionum, CSEL 2 (Vienna: Gerold, 1867), 1–56 · Latin text: K. Halm (CSEL 2, 1867), digitized by Open Greek and Latin, University of Leipzig (csel-dev), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text
As printed in CSEL 2. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Latin text of CSEL 2; made independently of existing English translations.
Compare
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 4 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made) · Divided there by chapter only.
Extrabiblical texts
  • Homer, Il. 1.396–406 (Homer, Iliad) · allusion, high confidence
  • Homer, Il. 16.459–461 (Homer, Iliad) · allusion, high confidence
  • Homer, Il. 14.214–351 (Homer, Iliad) · allusion, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

  • Homer, Il. 1.396–406; 16.459–461; 14.214–351.

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 23.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/23/4/).

Plain text
Minucius Felix, Oct. 23.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/23/4/).

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