Ἐπῳδός
enchantress
Translated by Catharine Roth20 Aug 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] she who sings over the children who are sick.1
Also [sc. attested is]e)pw|dh/ ["enchantment"], [meaning] sorcery.2
Polybius [writes]: "they were making the test of every kind of spell and amulet."3
Sophocles [writes]: "it is not [the work] of a wise doctor to wail enchantments over a wound which needs surgery."4
Also [sc. attested is]
Polybius [writes]: "they were making the test of every kind of spell and amulet."3
Sophocles [writes]: "it is not [the work] of a wise doctor to wail enchantments over a wound which needs surgery."4