Progenitor, Genetrixque Deûm; Deus unus et idem.
Synesius speaks of him in nearly the same manner.
[[943]]Συ πατηρ, συ δ' εσσι μητηρ,
Συ δ' αρσην, συ δε θηλυς.
And the like character is given to the antient Deity Μητις.
[[944]]Αρσην μεν και θηλυς εφυς, πολυωνυμε Μητι.
In one of the fragments of the Orphic poetry there is every thing, which I have been saying comprehended within a very short compass.
[[945]]Ζευς αρσην γενετο, Ζευς αμβροτος επλετο Νυμφη,
Ζευς πυθμην γαιης τε και ουρανου αστεροεντος.——
Ζευς ποντου ῥιζα, Ζευς [[946]]Ἡλιος, ηδε Σεληνη,