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Headword:
*za/molcis
Adler number: zeta,18
Translated headword: Zamolxis
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Feminine. Name of a goddess.
Greek Original:*za/molcis: qhlukw=s. o)/noma qea=s.
Note:
Herodotus (4.94-96: web address 1) and
Strabo (7.3.5: web address 2) report that Zamolxis (or Samolxis) was the chief god (masculine) of the Getae. See generally
zeta 17,
pi 3120. The assertion in the present entry is unmatched elsewhere, and may represent a misunderstanding of passages where the role of Z. is likened to that of Hestia (e.g.
Posidonius in
Diodorus Siculus 1.94.2).
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography; philosophy; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 19 March 2002@23:59:16.
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