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Headword:
*ma/gganon
Adler number: mu,5
Translated headword: potion, philtre
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] something unexpected. Sorcery [gohtei/a] is also called magganei/a.[1]
The general "questioned the servants about the potions and demanded of the magi to know the evidence for their prediction."[2]
Greek Original:*ma/gganon: para/doco/n ti. le/getai de\ kai\ h( gohtei/a magganei/a. o( de\ strathgo\s tou\s qerapeuta\s tw=n magganeuma/twn dihrw/ta kai\ h)ci/ou i)/xnh puqe/sqai prorrh/sews para\ tw=n ma/gwn.
Notes:
[1] cf.
mu 4.
[2] Theophylact Simocatta,
Histories 2.2.2 (which includes not the headword itself but a related one,
magga/neuma). Prior to the Battle of Solachon (spring 586), the Persian general Kardarigan (cf.
gamma 116) received informants' reports of the Romans having established an unassailable position and elicited a more optimistic assessment of his battle chances from sorcerers; cf. de Boor (72), Whitby (45),
beta 372, and
lambda 157.
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
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Translated by: Catharine Roth on 2 October 2005@01:30:13.
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