Zeus : a study in ancient religion . -Ktov yvfxvov, eiKdva (pepov tov ^iov(pevyco, TTTepdirbs elfxi tl Xa^e^u d^Xeis;Tas rpixOS; dXX ^ppevaav. dXXa tous 7r65as;Kai ttQs TTTepcoTovs evpedevTas hv Xd^ois;TO aQ/xa; yv/xvou icrrf ri cnrevdeL^ ; Kairos 867 Yet another turn of the kaleidoscope, and this shifting personality puts on,if not a fresh form, at least a new colouring. Bios the naked runner on wingedwheels, who has hitherto, in accordance with pagan thought, been representedas a good thing eagerly pursued by mankind, is now, within the pale of themedieval Church, viewed as a bad thin
Zeus : a study in ancient religion . -Ktov yvfxvov, eiKdva (pepov tov ^iov(pevyco, TTTepdirbs elfxi tl Xa^e^u d^Xeis;Tas rpixOS; dXX ^ppevaav. dXXa tous 7r65as;Kai ttQs TTTepcoTovs evpedevTas hv Xd^ois;TO aQ/xa; yv/xvou icrrf ri cnrevdeL^ ; Kairos 867 Yet another turn of the kaleidoscope, and this shifting personality puts on,if not a fresh form, at least a new colouring. Bios the naked runner on wingedwheels, who has hitherto, in accordance with pagan thought, been representedas a good thing eagerly pursued by mankind, is now, within the pale of themedieval Church, viewed as a bad thing itself in hot pursuit of men. A Vaticanmanuscript of the Ladder of Paradise by Saint John Klimax^, written about theclose oi s. xi , has two relevant miniatures. In the one^ Bios, a naked youthon wheels, makes after a monk, who bearing a small basket on his shoulder andlooking behind him in terror does his best to escape, under the escort of a womanin blue and violet dress called Aprospdtheia^ Indifference to the World. In the. Fig. 803. other (fig. 803)2 Bios again appears on his roller-skates, extending a hand toseize the monk, who stands irresolute, hesitating whether or not to abandon forAprospatheias sake his wife and children and happy home. A notable picture—one wonders if John Bunyan had somewhere seen the like. We have traced the career of Kairos alias Chronos alias Bios for close uponeighteen centuries. It is possible that further investigation might find him withus still, offering as of old naught but a knife to his follower, It would beinteresting to know, says Prof E. A. Gardner*, whether the scythe of Time isthe ultimate development of this same symbol, and his hour-glass of the balance. avOpoiire raXatTrwpe, Xrj^ov rod dpdfxov,fxr] KarevexOv^ tc^ doKelv tl Xajx^dveLV.(XKLCL yap elfjLL, Khv doKU) t^ojs fi^;pL7rTafjiaL aov Kal irpos ovd^u eKrpexoJ,/cat yivofiai povs du avue^rjs daKT)j\ MS. of Philes (cod. Paris.) has the lemma ets rov ^i
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