Μάγος
magus, magician, sorcerer
Translated by Catharine Roth7 Jun 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μάγος· μάγους ἐκάλουν τοὺς ψευδεῖς φαντασίας περιτιθέντας ἑαυτοῖς. ἀπὸ τούτου δὲ καὶ τοὺς φαρμακοὺς μάγους ἔλεγον. Σοφοκλῆς· ὑφεὶς μάγον τοιόνδε μηχανορράφον.
Betacode
*ma/gos: ma/gous e)ka/loun tou\s yeudei=s fantasi/as peritiqe/ntas e(autoi=s. a)po\ tou/tou de\ kai\ tou\s farmakou\s ma/gous e)/legon. *sofoklh=s: u(fei\s ma/gon toio/nde mhxanorra/fon.
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Linked from4 entries
- μ26Μαγώτεραmore magicallyMeaning more enchantingly. In the Epigrams: "but [Philaenion is] more curly-haired than parsley and more tender-skinned than down and more magically-speaking than the cestus [sc. of Aphrodite]."
- μ28ΜάγοιmagiAmong Persians [sc. this is a term for] the philosophers and god-lovers; Zoroaster began them, and after him in succession the likes of Ostanes and Astrampsychus [and ...].
- μ783Μετεῖναιto let go, to ignore, to release[Meaning] to go among, pursue; to follow up. Herodotus [writes]: "he first impaled the magi who had persuaded him to let Cyrus go."
- μ1019Μηχανορράφοςdevice-stitcher[Meaning an] inventer of evils, a contriver. One who devises base things. "Slipping in such a wizard as this, a device-stitcher." Sophocles says [this]. And elsewhere: "so I would always say that the gods devise these…
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Revision history2 revisions · last 25 Apr 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more x-refs; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth