Χθόνια λουτρά

underground baths

Translated by Jennifer Benedict30 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning] the ones that are given to the dead; for they used to carry bath-water into the tombs.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χθόνια λουτρά· τὰ τοῖς νεκροῖς ἐπιφερόμενα· ἐκόμιζον γὰρ εἰς τοὺς τάφους λουτρά.

Betacode
*xqo/nia loutra/: ta\ toi=s nekroi=s e)pifero/mena: e)ko/mizon ga\r ei)s tou\s ta/fous loutra/.

Notes

  1. Likewise in Hesychius ch440; also in Zenobius (6.45) and other paroemiographers.
    The association of xqo/nia with funeral rites stems from the Greek practice of interring their dead and to the veneration of certain deceased relatives and dignitaries as heroes and chthonic (as opposed to Olympian) deities. See Burkert 190-207.

References


Walter Burkert, Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical. Oxford: 1985.

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χ325Χθιζοίyesterday's menχ326Χθονίαundergroundχ327Χθόνια λουτράunderground bathsχ328Χθονίας βροντάςearth-shaking thunderclapsχ329Χθονίωνchthonic
Revision history3 revisions · last 28 May 2023
  1. tweaked translation and note — Catharine Roth
  2. expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. modified tr; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Jennifer Benedict

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