Κλίβανος
oven
Translated by Nick Nicholas3 Dec 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κλίβανος· ἡ κάμινος, ἑστία. καὶ κλίβανος ἔοικε γυναικὶ διὰ τὸ δέχεσθαι τὰ πρὸς τὸν βίον εὔχρηστα. πυρὸς δέ εἰσι δεκτικά.
Betacode
*kli/banos: h( ka/minos, e(sti/a. kai\ kli/banos e)/oike gunaiki\ dia\ to\ de/xesqai ta\ pro\s to\n bi/on eu)/xrhsta. puro\s de/ ei)si dektika/.
Notes (2)
- 1Artemidorus 2.10, with a slight oversimplification of the rationale presented for this dream interpretation: "If fire seems to flare up quickly when it is lit, or in a hearth or an oven, it is good, and it means childbirth. For a hearth and an oven are like a woman in that they take in things that are useful for life. And the fire within them is divined as the woman being pregnant; for the woman then becomes hotter." ↩
- 2Grammatically, 'they' are the 'things', not the women. ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 3 Mar 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas