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Headword: Aix ourania
Adler number: alphaiota,237
Translated headword: heavenly goat
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Referring to] the kinds of white bean with which they used to put a question to the vote and elect [sc. officials].[1] Cratinus [says that] just as the goat Amaltheia was Zeus' nurse, so too a heavenly goat was [the nurse of] those accepting bribes.[2] But others are accustomed to call and understand thus that which provides abundantly the resources for extorting money from others.
And so "heavenly goat" is [a proverbial phrase used] in reference to those getting as much as they want. For they say that the nanny-goat which nursed Zeus was placed in the heavens. And they say that the one seeing her rise first obtains whatever he prays for.
Greek Original:
Aix ourania: ta tou leukou kuamou genê, hôi epepsêphizon kai echeirotonoun. ho de Kratinos kathaper tou Dios aiga Amaltheian trophon, houtôs kai tôn dôrodokountôn aiga ouranian. hoi de ta eis to argurizesthai tisin aphthonôs aphormên parechonta houtôs eiôthasi legein kômôidountes kai katalambanein. Aix oun ourania, epi tôn tunchanontôn hosôn boulontai. tên gar aiga tên Dios trophon katêsteristhai phasi. kai phasi ton epiphthasamenon epitellousan autên epitunchanein hosa an euxêtai.
Notes:
The first part of this entry is also in Photius. Earlier, Zenobius (1.26) had begun at 'Cratinus ...'. See further below, n. 1.
cf. epsilon 2748, phi 479, alpha 1478.
[1] cf. generally kappa 2575 and especially kappa 2578.
[2] Cratinus fr. 244 Kock, now 261 K.-A.
Keywords: botany; comedy; constitution; daily life; economics; ethics; food; imagery; law; mythology; politics; proverbs; religion; science and technology; zoology
Translated by: Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝ on 5 April 2003@18:28:28.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (modified translation, added notes and keywords) on 6 April 2003@00:15:06.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 6 April 2003@00:26:45.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 9 April 2003@03:54:28.
Elizabeth Vandiver (Added keyword) on 17 October 2005@18:40:37.
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 18 October 2005@03:07:57.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 15 May 2012@06:58:58.
Catharine Roth (added keyword) on 16 May 2012@00:30:10.
David Whitehead (updated a ref) on 23 December 2014@04:40:28.
David Whitehead (augmented notes) on 28 November 2015@10:42:40.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 11 November 2017@01:22:08.

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