Αἰγοφάγος
Goat-eater
Translated by Catharine Roth6 Oct 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[no gloss]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἰγοφάγος.
Betacode
*ai)gofa/gos.
Notes
- Epithet of Zeus, Nicander fr. 99 (Etymologicum Magnum 27.51); of Hera at Sparta, Pausanias 3.15.9 (web address 1) and Hesychius alpha1737.
J.G. Frazer on the Pausanias passage: 'whenever a deity is called the eater of a certain animal, that animal was originally an embodiment of the deity in question'.