Πῦρ
fire
Translated by Catharine Roth29 Jun 2004Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Note] that the Persians used to venerate fire as a god. See also under Kanopos.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πῦρ· ὅτι οἱ Πέρσαι τὸ πῦρ ὡς θεὸν ἐσέβοντο. καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ Κάνωπος.
Betacode
*pu=r: o(/ti oi( *pe/rsai to\ pu=r w(s qeo\n e)se/bonto. kai\ zh/tei e)n tw=| *ka/nwpos.
Notes (1)
Linked from2 entries
- κ320ΚάνωποςCanopus, KanoposIn Egypt. Once, as they say, the Chaldaeans glorified their own god, which is the fire, and they carried him round, so as to compare him with the gods of all the provinces and the winner to be considered god by…
- π3181Πῦρfire[Note] that things that are nourished by nature and increase because of this have a limit of [their] increase, and their increase toward the [proper] measure is limited; but neither the nourishment nor the increase of…
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Revision history2 revisions · last 23 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- cosmeticules — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth