Sheep/flock
animal · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
curly-fleeced sheep · flocks · the flock · the sheep · the sheep of God
spoken of as
1 expressionFlocks and sheep1 mention
Hymn 19 to Pan (Greek)
They sing of the blessed gods and high Olympus and choose to tell of such an one as luck-bringing Hermes above the rest, how he is the swift messenger of all the gods, and how he came to Arcadia, the land of many springs and mother of flocks, there where his sacred place is as god of Cyllene.
in the texts
Hymn 19 to Pan
Flocks and sheep are pastoral animals in Pan's domain and Hermes' Arcadian service.
They sing of the blessed gods and high Olympus and choose to tell of such an one as luck-bringing Hermes above the rest, how he is the swift messenger of all the gods, and how he came to Arcadia, the land of many springs and mother of flocks, there where his sacred place is as god of Cyllene.
De Fuga in Persecutione
Figure for the Christian faithful, protected under God but endangered when their shepherds abandon them.
so far is it from having power over the sheep of God.
" But, Christ confirming His own figures, "the bad shepherd is he who, seeing the wolf, flees and abandons the flock to be rent.