Σταυροί
stakes, pales, crosses
Translated by Catharine Roth13 Feb 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] timbers fixed upright.1
[Note] that in the reign of Theodosius the great emperor, when the Greek [pagan] sanctuaries were purified, there were found in the temple of Serapis hieroglyphic writings with symbols of crosses. When those of the Greeks who had become Christians saw this, they said that, for those who knew hieroglyphics, the cross signified the life to come.2
[Note] that in the reign of Theodosius the great emperor, when the Greek [pagan] sanctuaries were purified, there were found in the temple of Serapis hieroglyphic writings with symbols of crosses. When those of the Greeks who had become Christians saw this, they said that, for those who knew hieroglyphics, the cross signified the life to come.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σταυροί· τὰ ὀρθὰ πεπηγότα ξύλα. ὅτι ἐπὶ Θεοδοσίου τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως καθαιρομένων τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν ἱερῶν, εὑρέθησαν ἐν τῷ τοῦ Σαράπιδος νεῷ ἱερογλυφικὰ γράμματα, σταυρῶν ἔχοντα τύπους, ἅπερ θεασάμενοι οἱ ἐξ Ἑλλήνων χριστιανίσαντες, ἔφασαν, σημαίνειν τὸν σταυρὸν παρὰ τοῖς ἱερογλυφικὰ γινώσκουσι γράμματα ζωὴν ἐπερχομένην.
Betacode
*stauroi/: ta\ o)rqa\ pephgo/ta cu/la. o(/ti e)pi\ *qeodosi/ou tou= mega/lou basile/ws kaqairome/nwn tw=n *(ellhnikw=n i(erw=n, eu(re/qhsan e)n tw=| tou= *sara/pidos new=| i(eroglufika\ gra/mmata, staurw=n e)/xonta tu/pous, a(/per qeasa/menoi oi( e)c *(ellh/nwn xristiani/santes, e)/fasan, shmai/nein to\n stauro\n para\ toi=s i(eroglufika\ ginw/skousi gra/mmata zwh\n e)perxome/nhn.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. From the scholia to Thucydides 2.75.1, where the verb
periestau/rwsan occurs. ↩ - 2George the Monk, Chronicon 583.13-19. ↩
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- coding — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- added notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth