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Headword:
Authigenês
Adler number: alpha,4429
Translated headword: born here, native to this place
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] autochthonous, genuine.[1]
"'I am Persian, and from the time of my fathers a Persian native to this place, yes master. To defile fire is more grievous to us than a difficult death.'"[2]
Greek Original:Authigenês: autochthôn, gnêsios. Persês eimi kai ek paterôn Persês authigenês, nai despota: pur de miênai hêmin tou chalepou pikroteron thanatou.
Notes:
[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica.
[2]
Greek Anthology 7.162.2-4 (Dioskorides/
Dioscorides), a Persian slave asks his master for a burial respecting Zoroastrian beliefs; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 90) and (vol. II, 260-261). The cult of fire is central to Zoroastrian devotional life; cf. Boyce (454).
References:
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
M. Boyce, "On the Zoroastrian temple cult of fire", Journal of the American Oriental Society 95 (1975) 454-465
Keywords: definition; ethics; geography; poetry; religion
Translated by: William Hutton on 24 March 2002@11:02:52.
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