Πρόνοια
Pronoia, Pronaia
Translated by David Whitehead18 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρόνοια· ὠνομάζετό τις παρὰ Δελφοῖς Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόνοια, διὰ τὸ πρὸ τοῦ ναοῦ ἱδρύσθαι. ταύτην δὲ Ἡρόδοτος ἐν τῇ ηʹ Προνηΐην ὀνομάζει.
Betacode
*pro/noia: w)noma/zeto/ tis para\ *delfoi=s *)aqhna= *pro/noia, dia\ to\ pro\ tou= naou= i(dru/sqai. tau/thn de\ *(hro/dotos e)n th=| h# *pronhi/+hn o)noma/zei.
Notes (2)
- Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on Aeschines 3.108 (etc.) and citing other material. The headword, there and again here, should actually be Pronaia.
See also pi 2535. - 1Of Apollo. ↩
- 2Herodotus 8.37.2. This Ionic adjective does mean "in front of a temple": see LSJ entry for
pro/naos (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
- π2508Προμήθειαforethought[Meaning] foresight.
- π2533Πρόνοιαforesight[Meaning] foreknowledge. Sophocles [writes]: "believe [me], no better benefit has come into being for mortals to gain than foresight, nor than a wise mind."
- π2535Πρόνοια ἈθηνᾶAthena Pronoia, Athena ?PronaiaSome [sc. say that her statue was so-called] because it stood before [pro] the temple [naos] at Delphi; others because she foresaw that Leto would give birth. [Note] that God's pronoia ["providence"] works in three…
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- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
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- augmented note — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead