Αὐγοειδής
luminous
Translated by Catharine Roth9 Aug 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
So Isidore used to say that he had heard this also from him,1 that the soul has a kind of luminous so-called vehicle, star-like and eternal. And indeed for some this astral body is shut up inside the head, but for others inside the right shoulder; [this is something] which nobody else appears to have reported.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αὐγοειδής· ἔφασκε δ' οὖν παρ' ἐκείνου καὶ ἐκεῖνο ἀκηκοέναι ὁ Ἰσίδωρος, ὡς ἔχει τι ἡ ψυχὴ αὐγοειδὲς ὄχημα λεγόμενον, ἀστροειδές τι καὶ ἀΐδιον. καὶ τοῦτο μέντοι τῷ ἀστροειδεῖ σώματι τῷδε ἀποκέκλειται ἐνίοις μὲν εἴσω τῆς κεφαλῆς, ἐνίοις δὲ εἴσω τοῦ δεξιοῦ ὤμου· ὅπερ οὐδεὶς φαίνεται ἄλλος ἱστορήσας.