Πυρίβια
fire-living
Translated by David Whitehead18 Apr 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Those creatures which fall into the fire. 'For some animals multiply without intercourse, such as fire-living [creatures] and the phoenix bird and worms'.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πυρίβια· τὰ εἰς τὸ πῦρ πίπτοντα ζωΰφια. τῶν γὰρ ζῴων τὰ μὲν χωρὶς μίξεως γίνονται, ὡς τὰ πυρίβια καὶ ὁ φοίνιξ τὸ ὄρνεον καὶ αἱ εὐλαί.
Betacode
*puri/bia: ta\ ei)s to\ pu=r pi/ptonta zwu/+fia. tw=n ga\r zw/|wn ta\ me\n xwri\s mi/cews gi/nontai, w(s ta\ puri/bia kai\ o( foi/nic to\ o)/rneon kai\ ai( eu)lai/.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 1 Dec 2011
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — David Whitehead
- upped status — Ross Scaife ✝
- Translated — David Whitehead