[B-Greek] Parousia
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at ioa.com
Thu Oct 6 06:13:52 EDT 2005
On Oct 6, 2005, at 1:26 AM, Kevin Craig wrote:
> Does the word PAROUSIA permit a non-physical "presence?"
> Can one speak of the "parousia" of the theory of evolution,
> for example?
> Are there instances in classical Greek of a PAROUSIA of
> ideas, qualities, or other non-physical PAROUSIAI?
These notions seem pretty far removed from anything actually attested
for the usage of PAROUSIA in ancient Greek. Here is the entire entry
for PAROUSIA in LSJ, which is the primary reference work you ought to
have checked (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/resolveform);
there is no indication here whatsoever of a non-physical presence.
PAROUSIA, hH ( [PAREIMI] )
A. presence, of persons, DESPOTOU, etc., A.Pers. 169, etc. ;
ANDRWN PAROUSIA = ANDRES OI PARONTES, E.Alc.606 ; POLIS MEIZWN THS
hHMETERAS PAROUSIAS = hHMWN TWN PARONTWN, Th.6.86 ; PAROUSIAN MEN
OISQA ... FILWN, hWS OUTIS hHMIN ESTIN, i.e. that we have no friends
present to assist us, S.El.948 ; of things, KAKWN E.Hec.227 , Ar.Th.
1049 ; AGAQWN Pl.Grg.497e : abs., PAROUSIAN ECEIN = PAREINAI, S.Aj.
540 ; TA THS TUCHS ... KOINAS [ECEI] TAS PAROUSIAS D.Prooem.39 ; AUTO
TO AGAQON [AITION] THi PAROUSIAi TOIS ALLOIS TOU AGAQA EINAI
Arist.EE1217b5 , cf. Pl.Phd. 100d, etc.
2. arrival, hHMWN KOINOPOUN PAROUSIAN S.El.1104, cf. E.Alc.
209, Th.1.128 ; EIS ITALIAN D.H.1.45 ; esp. visit of a royal or
official personage, BASILEWS, etc., PTeb.48.14 (ii B. C.),
IPE12.32A85 (Olbia, iii B.C.), etc.; of a god, IG42(1).122.34(Epid.).
3. occasion, v.l. in S. El.1251.
4. PAROUSIAN TISI POIEISQAI entertain them on their official
visits, OGI139.9 (Philae, ii B.C.).
5. in NT, the Advent, Ev.Matt.24.27, al.
6. Astrol., situation of a planet at a point on the zodiac,
HTOI KATA PAROUSIAN H KATA SUMMARTURIAN Vett.Val.49.26 .
II. substance, property, hWS ... ECOMEN PAROUSIAS Pl.Com.177 , cf.
Men.471 ; π. χρημάτων Crates Com.16 .
2. contribution in money, Sch. Luc.Phal.1.3 (pl.).
Carl W. Conrad
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