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Headword:
Rhadamanthuos
horkos
Adler number: rho,13
Translated headword: Rhadamanthys' oath
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The one [sworn] by a goose or a dog or a plane-tree or a ram or something else of the kind.[1] "Amongst these the greatest oath by all accounts was a dog, then a goose, but they used to say nothing of the gods."
Cratinus in
Cheirons [says this].[2] The oaths of Socrates, too, [were] of this kind.[3]
This sign [is] concerning an oath, which is customary even now: for many swear by vegetables when displaying the force of an oath.[4]
Greek Original:Rhadamanthuos horkos: ho kata chênos ê kunos ê platanou ê kriou ê tinos allou toioutou. hois ên megistos horkos hapanti logôi kuôn, epeita chên, theous d' esigôn. Kratinos Cheirôsi. toioutoi de kai hoi Sôkratous horkoi. sêmeion touto peri horkou, ho kai nun epichôriazei: polloi gar pros lachana omnuousin, euorkian epideiknumenoi.
Notes:
Keywords: biography; botany; comedy; daily life; definition; law; mythology; proverbs; religion; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 24 April 2003@03:23:10.
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