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Headword:
Athênas
agalma
doru
kratei
Adler number: alpha,727
Translated headword: Athena's statue holds a spear
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Because of the steadfastness and masculinity [sc. of such an attribute]; likewise also a shield, from her turning-away every treachery through her wisdom; for [wisdom] is [close] to intelligence. And they gave her a helmet because of her being the invisible[1] summit of wisdom; also an olive-tree, as being of the purest essence; for the olive-tree [is] the stuff of a man. And they gave her a
Gorgon on her breast because of the swiftness of her intelligence.[2]
Greek Original:Athênas agalma doru kratei: dia to statheron kai andreion: homoiôs kai aspida para to pasan epiboulên dia tês sophias apôtheisthai: hê autê gar esti tôi nôi. kai perikephalaian didoasin autêi dia to einai tês sophias to akrotaton atheaton: kai elaian, hôs katharôtatês ousias ousês: phôtos gar hulê hê elaia. kai gorgonên didoasin epi tou stêthous autêi dia to tachu tou nou.
Notes:
ps.-Codinus,
Patria Constantinopoleos 2.3 (Preger,
Scriptores originum Constantinopolitanarum 152).
See already
alpha 132.
[1] Or: secret.
[2] cf.
gamma 394,
gamma 395.
Keywords: art history; botany; clothing; imagery; military affairs; mythology; religion; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 February 2000@00:22:31.
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