Θεηπολεῖν

to minister in divine things

Translated by Ryan Stone17 Feb 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

11 words

[Meaning] to wander about bearing images of the gods, exacting money.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θεηπολεῖν· θεῶν εἰκόνας ἔχοντα περιπολεῖν, ἀργύριον εἰσπρασσόμενον.

Betacode

*qehpolei=n: qew=n ei)ko/nas e)/xonta peripolei=n, a)rgu/rion ei)sprasso/menon.

The headword is the present infinitive active of qehpole/w, a poetic variant of qeopole/w. Same hostile glossing in Timaeus's Platonic Lexicon, and in Photius and other lexica. Presumably generated by Plato, Laws 909D, where qeopolei=n is declared illegal in Magnesia.

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