Καρδιωσάμενος
heart-extracting
Translated by David Whitehead11 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
They used to set aside for the gods the hearts of the sacrificial victims -- even if they intended to make a holocaust of the victims1 -- and they would cover them with the so-called lard and place them thus on the fire. And this is the [sense of ] 'heart-extracting'.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Καρδιωσάμενος· τῶν θυομένων τοῖς θεοῖς ἱερείων ἀφῃροῦντο τὰς καρδίας, κἂν ὅλα τὰ ἱερεῖα ἔμελλον ὁλοκαυτοῦν, καὶ τῇ καλουμένῃ πιμελῇ καλύψαντες οὕτως ἐπετίθεσαν τῷ πυρί. καὶ τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ καρδιωσάμενος.