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Headword: To basilikon boïdion
Adler number: tau,724
Translated headword: the royal calf
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Under [king] Ptolemy[1] a cow gave birth to six calves. In accordance with a favourable oracle which had foreseen what would happen, Ptolemy ordered [them] to be reared with every care in the royal [precincts]; hence [sc. each] was called 'royal'.
Greek Original:
To basilikon boïdion: epi Ptolemaiou bous apeteken hex boïdia. pros oiônou de agathou to sumbêsomenon labôn ho Ptolemaios prosetaxen en tois basileiois trephesthai meta pasês epimeleias: dio basilikon eklêthê.
Notes:
cf. Apostolius 17.2, where this proverbial phrase is said to be applied to those receiving particular care or to the generally fortunate.
cf. generally tau 723.
[1] Of Egypt; but it is not clear which member of the dynasty is meant.
Keywords: chronology; daily life; history; proverbs; religion; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 27 April 2003@03:54:19.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 27 October 2004@11:02:26.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 28 October 2004@02:59:13.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 1 May 2011@08:21:07.
David Whitehead on 14 January 2014@05:57:28.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 8 September 2022@00:46:42.
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