εἱμαρμένη, ὅ τι ἂν ἑκάστῳ νείμῃ Ζεὺς, οὗ πάντα τὰ ὄντα
γεννήματα. τοῦτον οὐκ ὀρῶν ἐκφεύγουσι κορυφαὶ, οὐ πηγαὶ
ποταμῶν, οὐ πόλεις, οὐχ ἡ κάτω τῆς θαλάττης ψάμμος,
οὐκ ἀστέρες, οὐ νὺξ ἔμπροσθεν ἵσταται, οὐχ ὕπνος τῶν
τούτου μεγάλων τε καὶ μόνων ἑορακότων τἀληθὲς ὀφθαλμῶν. ποταμῶν τε ὁ κάλλιστος καὶ ἀξιολογώτατος καὶ
αὐτὸς ἄρα διιπετὴς Νεῖλος ἦν, ἅτε δὴ μιμούμενος τὸν
πατέρα, καὶ οἷον ὕπαρχος ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ τῶν κατ᾽ Αἴγυπτον
τεταγμένος, ἀντὶ τῶν Διὸς ὄμβρων αὐτὸς ἔπεισι καὶ
πληροῖ τὴν γῆν. Ζεὺς πάντων πατὴρ καὶ οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς
καὶ θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων καὶ ποταμῶν καὶ φυτῶν, καὶ [p. 11]
διὰ τοῦτον ὁρῶμεν καὶ ἔχομεν ὁπόσα ἔχομεν. οὗτος ἁπάντων εὐεργέτης καὶ ἔφορος καὶ προστάτης, οὗτος πρύτανις
καὶ ἡγεμὼν καὶ ταμίας ὄντων καὶ γιγνομένων ἁπάντων,
οὗτος δοτὴρ ἁπάντων, οὗτος ποιητὴς, οὗτος ἐν μὲν ἐκκλησίαις καὶ δίκαις νίκην διδοὺς ἀγοραῖος κέκληται, ἐν
δὲ μάχαις τροπαῖος, ἐν δὲ νόσοις καὶ πᾶσι καιροῖς βοηθῶν σωτὴρ, οὗτος ἐλευθέριος, οὗτος μειλίχιος: εἰκότως,
ἅτε καὶ πατήρ. οὗτος βασιλεὺς, πολιεὺς, καταιβάτης,
ὑέτιος, οὐράνιος, κορυφαῖος, πάνθ᾽ ὅσα αὐτὸς εὗρε μεγάλα καὶ ἑαυτῷ πρέποντα ὀνόματα. οὗτος ἁπάντων ἀρχὰς
καὶ πέρατα καὶ μέτρα καὶ κλήρους ἔχων, ἴσον πανταχοῦ
πάντων κρατῶν, αὐτὸς ἂν μόνος εἰπὼν ἃ χρὴ περὶ αὑτοῦ,
θεὸς ἅτε πλέον τι λαχών: τοῦτο γὰρ οὖν Πινδάρῳ κάλλιον ἢ ἄλλ᾽ ὁτιοῦν ὁτῳοῦν εἴρηται περὶ Διός. ἀπὸ τούτου
ἄρχεσθαι χρὴ καὶ τελευτᾶν εἰς τοῦτον, παντὸς λόγου
καὶ πάσης πράξεως ἡγεμόνα καὶ βοηθὸν καλοῦντας,
ὥσπερ εἰκὸς τὸν ἁπάντων κρατοῦντα ἀρχηγέτην καὶ τέλειον
μόνον αὐτὸν ὄντα τῶν πάντων.
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Aristides, Aelius. Aristides. ex recensione Guilielmi Dindorfii. Leipzig. Weidmann. 1829. 1-2.
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