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Headword:
*(eka/thn
Adler number: epsilon,364
Translated headword: Hekate, Hecate
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "Some [say that she is] Artemis, others the moon,[1] appearing in strange manifestations for those invoking curses. Her manifestations [are] humans dragon-headed and of immense size, so that the sight stupefies those who see [it]."
Greek Original:*(eka/thn: oi( me\n th\n *)/artemin, oi( de\ th\n selh/nhn, e)n fa/smasin e)kto/pois fainome/nhn toi=s katarwme/nois. ta\ de\ fa/smata au)th=s drakontoke/faloi a)/nqrwpoi kai\ u(permege/qeis, w(s th\n qe/an e)kplh/ttein tou\s o(rw=ntas.
Notes:
An approximation of ps.-
Nonnus'
Commentaries on the Orations of Gregory of Nazianzus [a.k.a.
Scholia Mythologica] 39.10. For Hekate see already
epsilon 361 and
epsilon 363 and again
epsilon 365. The present headword is the name of the goddess in the accusative case, which is how it appears in the original source.
[1] Here a crucial phrase is omitted from the original: "and some [say she is] a separate goddess appearing..."
Translated by: William Hutton on 7 February 2007@08:56:23.
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