Ἀμφίπυρον

aflame, flaming

Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Aug 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

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[Meaning one] burning on all sides.
Sophocles [writes]: "some of you set up the high flaming tripod at the time for the holy ablutions."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμφίπυρον· πανταχόθεν πυρούμενον. Σοφοκλῆς· τοὶ δ' ὑψίβατον τρίποδ' ἀμφίπυρον λουτρῶν ὁσίων θέσθ' ἐπίκαιρον.

Betacode

*)amfi/puron: pantaxo/qen purou/menon. *sofoklh=s: toi\ d' u(yi/baton tri/pod' a)mfi/puron loutrw=n o(si/wn qe/sq' e)pi/kairon.