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Headword: To arnion soi lelalêken
Adler number: tau,723
Translated headword: the little lamb has spoken to you
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
In Egypt, so they say, it spoke with a human voice; it was found to have on its head a royal snake[1] with wings above its head, 4 cubits in length,[2] and it spoke to someone about the future.
Greek Original:
To arnion soi lelalêken: en Aiguptôi, hôs phasin, anthrôpeiai phônêi elalêsen: heurethê de echon en têi kephalêi basileion drakonta huper tês kephalês autou pterôton, echonta mêkos pêcheôn d#, kai tini lelalêke ta mellonta.
Notes:
Diogenianus 8.30, Apostolius 17.1.
[1] cf. generally tau 724, a 'royal calf'.
[2] Approx. six feet.
Keywords: daily life; geography; imagery; proverbs; religion; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 27 April 2003@03:42:22.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth on 28 April 2003@20:52:00.
David Whitehead (expanded note; cosmetics) on 1 May 2011@08:19:58.
David Whitehead on 14 January 2014@05:56:30.
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