Βουφόνια
Bouphonia; Ox-slaying
Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Jun 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Bouphonia; Ox-slaying
Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Jun 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Βουφόνια· ἑορτὴ παλαιὰ, ἥν φασιν ἄγεσθαι μετὰ τὰ μυστήρια· ὅτε καὶ τὸν βοῦν ἔθυον εἰς ὑπόμνησιν τοῦ πρώτου φονευθέντος ἐν ἀκροπόλει βοὸς, ἁψαμένου τοῦ πελάνου ἐν τῇ θυσίᾳ τῶν Διϊπολίων.
*boufo/nia: e(orth\ palaia\, h(/n fasin a)/gesqai meta\ ta\ musth/ria: o(/te kai\ to\n bou=n e)/quon ei)s u(po/mnhsin tou= prw/tou foneuqe/ntos e)n a)kropo/lei boo\s, a(yame/nou tou= pela/nou e)n th=| qusi/a| tw=n *dii+poli/wn.