Μένδην
Mendes
Translated by Ioannis Doukas30 Aug 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Thus Egyptians call Pan,1 as goat-faced, because that is what they call the goat in their own language; and they honour him as [the deity] upon whom the procreative force depends; and they honour him [to such an extent] that they do not eat goats; for the creature [is] salacious.2 There was also amongst Egyptians a shrine of the Mendesian [deity],3 in which there was a goat-legged statue with an erect phallus.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μένδην· οὕτω καλοῦσι τὸν Πᾶνα Αἰγύπτιοι ὡς τραγοπρόσωπον, τῷ καὶ τὸν τράγον τῇ αὐτῶν διαλέκτῳ οὕτω καλεῖν· καὶ τιμῶσιν αὐτὸν ὡς ἀνακείμενον τῇ γονίμῳ δυνάμει· καὶ τιμῶσιν αὐτόν, ὥστε μὴ ἐσθίειν τράγους· ὀχευτικὸν γὰρ τὸ ζῷον. ἦν δὲ καὶ ἱερὸν τοῦ Μενδησίου παρ' Αἰγυπτίοις, ἐν ᾧ ἄγαλμα τραγοσκελὲς ἦν, ὀρθὸν ἔχον τὸ αἰδοῖον.
Betacode
*me/ndhn: ou(/tw kalou=si to\n *pa=na *ai)gu/ptioi w(s tragopro/swpon, tw=| kai\ to\n tra/gon th=| au)tw=n diale/ktw| ou(/tw kalei=n: kai\ timw=sin au)to\n w(s a)nakei/menon th=| goni/mw| duna/mei: kai\ timw=sin au)to/n, w(/ste mh\ e)sqi/ein tra/gous: o)xeutiko\n ga\r to\ zw=|on. h)=n de\ kai\ i(ero\n tou= *mendhsi/ou par' *ai)gupti/ois, e)n w(=| a)/galma tragoskele\s h)=n, o)rqo\n e)/xon to\ ai)doi=on.
Notes (3)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Dec 2016
- tweaked translation following a suggestion from Brady Kiesling — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- changed a word — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas