Ζάμολξις
Zamolxis
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Mar 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Feminine. Name of a goddess.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ζάμολξις· θηλυκῶς. ὄνομα θεᾶς.
Betacode
*za/molcis: qhlukw=s. o)/noma qea=s.
Notes
- Herodotus (4.94-96: web address 1) and Strabo (7.3.5: web address 2) report that Zamolxis (or Samolxis) was the chief god (masculine) of the Getae. See generally zeta 17, pi 3120. The assertion in the present entry is unmatched elsewhere, and may represent a misunderstanding of passages where the role of Z. is likened to that of Hestia (e.g. Posidonius in Diodorus Siculus 1.94.2).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- ζ17ΖάμολξιςZamolxis, SamolxisEnslaved to Pythagoras, as Herodotus [says] in his fourth [book]. A Scythian, who returning [to his homeland] taught that the soul is immortal. But Mnaseas says that Kronos was worshipped by the Getai and called…
- π3120ΠυθαγόραςPythagoras[Pythagoras] of Samos, but Tyrrhenian [Etruscan] by descent; son of Mnesarchus an engraver of gems. When he was young he migrated with his father from Tyrrhenian territory to Samos. This man was taught first by…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 16 May 2015
- expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
- upgraded links — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added links — Catharine Roth
- augmented note; modified keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth