Primeira Apologia de Justino 63

1Do que já foi dito, podeis entender como os demônios, imitando o que disse Moisés, afirmaram que Prosérpina era filha de Júpiter e instigaram o povo a erguer uma imagem dela sob o nome de Core [Cora, isto é, a donzela ou filha] nas nascentes. Pois, como escrevemos acima, Moisés disse: "No princípio Deus fez o céu e a terra. E a terra era sem forma e desprovida de tudo; e o Espírito de Deus movia-se sobre a face das águas." Imitando, portanto, o que aqui se diz acerca do Espírito de Deus movendo-se sobre as águas, disseram que Prosérpina [ou Coral] era filha de Júpiter.

1From what has been already said, you can understand how the devils, in imitation of what was said by Moses, asserted that Proserpine was the daughter of Jupiter, and instigated the people to set up an image of her under the name of Kore [Cora, i.e., the maiden or daughter] at the spring-heads. For, as we wrote above, Moses said, "In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and unfurnished: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." In imitation, therefore, of what is here said of the Spirit of God moving on the waters, they said that Proserpine [or Coral was the daughter of Jupiter.

2E do mesmo modo fingiram astutamente que Minerva era filha de Júpiter, não por união sexual, mas, sabendo que Deus concebeu e fez o mundo pela Palavra, dizem que Minerva é a primeira concepção [ennoia]; consideramos isso muito absurdo, pois representam a forma da concepção sob figura feminina. E, de igual modo, as ações dos outros chamados filhos de Júpiter bastam para condená-los.

2And in like manner also they craftily feigned that Minerva was the daughter of Jupiter, not by sexual union, but, knowing that God conceived and made the world by the Word, they say that Minerva is the first conception [ ennoia ]; which we consider to be very absurd, bringing forward the form of the conception in a female shape. And in like manner the actions of those others who are called sons of Jupiter sufficiently condemn them.