Τυφών
Typhon, typhoon
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Feb 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Not the fire which comes from the air, but a twisting from the rising vapors before being burned up: so Plato [uses the word] in Phaedrus.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τυφών· οὐχ ἡ φλὸξ ἡ ἐκ τοῦ ἀέρος, ἀλλ' ἐκ τῆς ἀναθυμιάσεως συστροφὴ πρὸ τοῦ ἐκπυρωθῆναι· ὡς Πλάτων ἐν Φαίδρῳ.
Betacode
*tufw/n: ou)x h( flo\c h( e)k tou= a)e/ros, a)ll' e)k th=s a)naqumia/sews sustrofh\ pro\ tou= e)kpurwqh=nai: w(s *pla/twn e)n *fai/drw|.
Notes
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Revision history3 revisions · last 27 Dec 2014
- coding — Catharine Roth
- expanded note; raised status — David Whitehead
- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Catharine Roth