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Headword: *xqo/nia loutra/
Adler number: chi,327
Translated headword: underground baths
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the ones that are given to the dead; for they used to carry bath-water into the tombs.
Greek Original:
*xqo/nia loutra/: ta\ toi=s nekroi=s e)pifero/mena: e)ko/mizon ga\r ei)s tou\s ta/fous loutra/.
Notes:
Likewise in Hesychius ch440; also in Zenobius (6.45) and other paroemiographers.
The association of xqo/nia with funeral rites stems from the Greek practice of interring their dead and to the veneration of certain deceased relatives and dignitaries as heroes and chthonic (as opposed to Olympian) deities. See Burkert 190-207.
Reference:
Walter Burkert, Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical. Oxford: 1985.
Keywords: daily life; definition; ethics; proverbs; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 30 March 2008@03:21:48.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified tr; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 30 March 2008@09:16:36.
David Whitehead (expanded note; another keyword) on 12 November 2013@04:07:36.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation and note) on 28 May 2023@01:11:05.

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