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Keraunos
Adler number: kappa,1377
Translated headword: thunderbolt
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [A thunderbolt is] "a violent kindling falling upon the earth with great force, from clouds being rubbed together or broken... But others [say that it is] a gathering of fiery air moving violently downwards."[1]
But the thunderbolt does not destroy, but burns up.[2]
Greek Original:Keraunos: exapsis sphodra meta pollês bias piptousa epi gês, nephôn paratribomenôn ê rhêgnumenôn. hoi de sustrophên purôdous aeros biaiôs katapheromenên. ouk anairei de ho keraunos, all' epiphlegei.
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Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; philosophy; science and technology
Translated by: Ryan Stone on 25 July 2008@16:57:29.
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