Θυωρός
offering-board
Translated by William Hutton21 Feb 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Strictly speaking [this means] the sacred table.1
Pherekydes used to say that the gods call the table an offering-board.2
Pherekydes used to say that the gods call the table an offering-board.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θυωρός· κυρίως ἡ ἱερὰ τράπεζα. ἔλεγε Φερεκύδης, ὅτι οἱ θεοὶ τὴν τράπεζαν θυωρὸν καλοῦσιν.
Betacode
*quwro/s: kuri/ws h( i(era\ tra/peza. e)/lege *fereku/dhs, o(/ti oi( qeoi\ th\n tra/pezan quwro\n kalou=sin.
Notes (2)
- 1i.e. an altar. Broadly similar glossing in Hesychius theta988 and other lexica, and in (e.g.) the scholia to Callimachus, Hymns 3.134. ↩
- 2Diogenes Laertius 1.119; cf. phi 214 for Pherekydes. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Apr 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- notes; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton