Ark
object · 4 works · 6 mentions · 9 anchored passages
the ark · basket · ancient ark · ark · chest · type of the ark
spoken of as
1 expressionThe Ark3 mentions
Stromata (Greek) · De idolatria (Latin)
" For this reason discipleship has been called enlightenment, as making plain the hidden things, when the teacher alone uncovers the lid of the ark — contrary to what the poets say of Zeus, that he laid hold of the jar of goods but opened the jar of ills.
in the texts
Stromata
The tapering sacred vessel described as a symbol of those purified through fire.
and it is brought up to a cubit at the top, the ark being tapered from its broad base after the manner of a pyramid, a symbol of those purified and tested through fire.
" For this reason discipleship has been called enlightenment, as making plain the hidden things, when the teacher alone uncovers the lid of the ark — contrary to what the poets say of Zeus, that he laid hold of the jar of goods but opened the jar of ills.
And the ark that contained these would be the knowledge of things divine and human, and wisdom.
Clouds
The basket in which Socrates is suspended above the stage while he studies celestial matters.
Socrates lowers himself and gets out of the basket.
The door of the thinking-shop opens and the pupils of Socrates are seen all with their heads fixed on the ground, while Socrates himself is seen suspended in the air in a basket.
Ion
The covered basket in which the infant Ion was exposed along with his identifying tokens, kept secret by the Pythian Priestess for years and finally opened to prove Ion's parentage.
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De idolatria
Noah's ark, used typologically to represent the Church and its exclusion of idolaters.
For we shall see, according to the type of the ark, whether both the raven and the kite and the wolf and the dog and the serpent shall be in the Church.