Hymn to Zeus

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Hymn to Zeus is a famous Stoic philosophical poem by Cleanthes of Assos that praises Zeus as the rational divine principle governing the cosmos.

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Hymn to Zeus canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Stoic hymn ⓘ
philosophical poem ⓘ
addressesAudience all humans ⓘ
approximateDate 3rd century BCE ⓘ
associatedSchool Stoic school at Athens ⓘ
linked to: Early Stoa
attributionCertainty generally accepted as authentic work of Cleanthes ⓘ
author Cleanthes of Assos ⓘ
centralTheme cosmic order ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
praise of Zeus as rational divine principle ⓘ
universal reason (logos) ⓘ
cosmologicalView unified, ordered cosmos ruled by reason ⓘ
doctrinalFunction poetic expression of early Stoic theology ⓘ
ethicalIdeal alignment of human will with divine reason ⓘ
genre hymn ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
historicalPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
influenceOn later Stoic theology ⓘ
later philosophical hymns ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryDevice cosmic imagery ⓘ
praise ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
literaryForm poetry ⓘ
mainDeityPraised Zeus ⓘ
moralEmphasis acceptance of divine will ⓘ
living in accordance with nature ⓘ
praise of divine governance ⓘ
philosophicalConcept fate ⓘ
logos ⓘ
providence ⓘ
rational cosmos ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Stoicism ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Stoic school in Athens ⓘ
portrayalOfHumans participants in rational cosmic order ⓘ
relationToMythology philosophical reinterpretation of Zeus ⓘ
religiousPerspective philosophical monotheism within a Greek context ⓘ
statusInScholarship one of the most important surviving Stoic texts ⓘ
survivalStatus extant in substantial form ⓘ
transmission preserved in later manuscript tradition ⓘ
typeOfTheology immanent divine reason in nature ⓘ
usedIn studies of Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
studies of Stoic ethics ⓘ
studies of ancient philosophy of religion ⓘ
viewOfZeus embodiment of universal law ⓘ
rational divine principle governing the cosmos ⓘ

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Cleanthes of Assos → knownFor → Hymn to Zeus ⓘ
Cleanthes of Assos → work → Hymn to Zeus ⓘ