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Headword: *ai)/glhs *xa/rites
Adler number: alphaiota,66
Translated headword: Aigle's Graces
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
They [i.e. genealogists] plausibly traced the lineage of the Graces; for Helios is also Aigle's, since he seems [to make] the Graces be bright.
Greek Original:
*ai)/glhs *xa/rites: piqanw=s e)genealo/ghsan ta\s *xa/ritas: *ai)/glhs ga\r kai\ o( *(/hlios, e)pei\ ta\s *xa/ritas lampra\s ei)=nai dokei=.
Notes:
Similar but more precise entry in Photius (and elsewhere): "... the lineage of the Graces from Aigle and Helios...". Theodoridis notes there that the ultimate source is Pausanias 9.35.5, citing 'Antimachus' (alpha 2681, presumably).
For the Graces, usually three in number, cf. chi 123, and generally OCD(4) s.v. 'Charites' (p.306). One of them is Aglaia, 'Radiance', which is also the sense of Aigle -- referring especially to the light of the sun (or moon); cf. under alphaiota 64. It would appear that the genealogists mentioned here have not merely personified Aigle but made her the mother of the Graces.
Keywords: definition; mythology; religion; women
Translated by: William Hutton on 29 October 2002@00:06:27.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; added note) on 25 February 2003@09:15:34.
David Whitehead (another note; tweaking) on 11 May 2012@06:08:44.
David Whitehead (updated a ref) on 1 August 2014@04:30:49.
David Whitehead (expanded note) on 24 August 2015@07:42:43.
David Whitehead (my typo; x-ref) on 23 November 2015@02:56:50.
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