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Ichthus
Adler number: iota,783
Translated headword: fish
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [i)xqu=s] has a circumflex accent.
Aesop, Mithridates' secretary, wrote [a work called] Concerning Helen, in which he says that there is a whale-like fish called a Pan; in this [fish] the precious stone is found, which lights up in the sun. [Helen] uses [it] for love charms.[1]
Greek Original:Ichthus: perispatai. hoti Aisôpos, ho Mithridatou anagnôstês, egrapse peri Helenês, en hôi phêsi Pana ichthun kaleisthai kêtôdê: en toutôi de ton asteritên lithon heuriskesthai, hos hupo tôi hêliôi anaptetai. poiei de pros philtra.
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Keywords: biography; dialects, grammar, and etymology; gender and sexuality; mythology; science and technology; women; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 April 2006@04:28:07.
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