Οὐδὲν ἱερόν
nothing holy
Translated by Kyle Helms24 Apr 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Heracles, when he gazed at the wooden statue of Adonis, said that only those who have done good services for human beings ought to be honored; or [the phrase means] that slaves, fleeing to this [statue], did not have freedom from fear.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐδὲν ἱερόν· Ἡρακλῆς εἶπεν Ἀδώνιδος ἰδὼν ξόανον, ὡς τῶν εὐεργετησάντων τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μόνων ὀφειλόντων τιμᾶσθαι· ἢ ὅτι οἱ καταφυγόντες εἰς αὐτὸ δοῦλοι ἄδειαν οὐκ εἶχον.
Betacode
*ou)de\n i(ero/n: *(hraklh=s ei)=pen *)adw/nidos i)dw\n co/anon, w(s tw=n eu)ergethsa/ntwn tou\s a)nqrw/pous mo/nwn o)feilo/ntwn tima=sqai: h)\ o(/ti oi( katafugo/ntes ei)s au)to\ dou=loi a)/deian ou)k ei)=xon.
Notes
- Likewise in Photius, Lexicon omicron615 Theodoridis, from Pausanias the Atticist; and see other references there, including several of the paroemiographers (e.g. Zenobius 5.47 = Clearchus fr.66b Wehrli).
cf. alpha 515 on the statue of Adonis; and for Adonis generally, see Apollodorus 3.14.3-4 (web address 1).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 20 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- modified and expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Kyle Helms