191 Conceptual metaphors of travel and stability metaphor people are plants, which can also reflect persistence is remaining erect.652 An example found in the Life of Gregory, will illustrate that, in that case, it does. The relation between the main conceptual metaphors discussed in the analysis below may be visualised as follows: Figure 2: metaphors dependent on persistence is remaining erect The examples of metaphors of immobility in the Life are almost all found in chapter 70.653 Therefore, I will discuss this passage below, examining what conceptual metaphors of immobility are reflected and what the mappings tell us about conceptions of the target domain. Like the passage in chapter 67 discussed in section 4.3, chapter 70 elaborates on Gregory’s virtues: Ὑπομονῇ δὲ κραταιῶς ἑαυτὸν συνέζευξεν, ὡς μὴ ταῖς ἐπερχομέναις τῶν πειρασμῶν παλιῤῥοίαις σαλεύεσθαι, ἀλλὰ τοὺς δι’ αὐτῆς ὁδεύσαντας μιμησάμενος αἰσίως προπάτορας καὶ τὸν μὲν Ἰὼβ ἐν τοῖς πάθεσι, τὸν δὲ τῆς σωφροσύνης ἀνεπαίσθητον Ἰωσὴφ ἐν τοῖς τῆς Αἰγυπτίας πειρασμοῖς χαρακτηρίσας, στῦλον ἑαυτὸν ἀκλινέστατον ἐν τοῖς προσπίπτουσιν ἀνιαροῖς διεῤῥίζωσεν. Ὅθεν καὶ θεὸς αὐτῷ προσέσχε καὶ τῆς δεήσεως εἰσήκουσε καὶ ἐκ λάκκου ταλαιπωρίας ἀνήγαγε καὶ ἐπὶ πέτραν ἀσφαλοῦς βιοτῆς τοὺς τῆς 652 people are plants as conceptual metaphor is identified in e.g., Lakoff and Turner (1989); Kovecses (2002), p. 335; Alec (2006). 653 For some other examples, see the appendix 9. 4
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