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Headword: *kourotro/fos gh=
Adler number: kappa,2193
Translated headword: boy-nourishing earth
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
To her they say Erichthonius first offered sacrifice on the [sc. Athenian] acropolis and built an altar, giving thanks to the earth for nourishment; [they say] that he established the rule that those who sacrificed to any god should sacrifice first to her.
Greek Original:
*kourotro/fos gh=: tau/th| de\ qu=sai/ fasi prw=ton *)erixqo/nion e)n a)kropo/lei kai\ bwmo\n i(dru/sasqai, xa/rin a)podido/nta th=| gh=| tw=n trofei/wn: katasth=sai de\ no/mimon tou\s qu/onta/s tini qew=|, tau/th| proqu/ein.
Notes:
Same entry in Photius (Lexicon kappa1035 Theodoridis; see the long note there). Adler suggests an attribution to Pausanias the Atticist (kappa40); perhaps ultimately from an Atthis, according to Jacoby.
For the adjective see already kappa 2192; and for Erichthonius see epsilon 3014.
Keywords: aetiology; biography; chronology; ethics; food; geography; historiography; imagery; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 19 December 2008@01:12:36.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (tweaks; another x-ref; more keywords) on 19 December 2008@03:07:32.
David Whitehead (expanded notes; more keywords) on 14 March 2013@04:42:53.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 2 November 2014@23:29:39.
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