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Headword:
*)/akratos
h(li/ou
a)kti/s
Adler number: alpha,965
Translated headword: untempered ray of the sun
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "The eagle, stretching out his wings and hovering so as to ward off the untempered ray of the sun."
Greek Original:*)/akratos h(li/ou a)kti/s: to\n de\ a)eto\n ta\s pte/rugas u(potei/nonta kai\ e(auto\n ai)wrou=nta, w(s ste/gein th\n a)/kraton a)kti=na tou= h(li/ou.
Note:
Aelian fr. 283 Domingo-Forasté (285 Hercher): see already
alpha 963 (and and again
lambda 25) for
Aelian's story of the eagle who protected the infant
Ptolemy I Soter, exposed on a shield, from the sun.
Keywords: biography; children; history; mythology; zoology
Translated by: Oliver Phillips â on 12 July 2000@18:55:25.
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