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Headword:
*qeu\s
*)/arhs
Adler number: theta,302
Translated headword: theus Ares, Dusares, Dushara
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Namely the god [
theos] Ares, in
Petra in Arabia.[1] The god Ares is revered amongst them; for this one they especially honor. The statue is a black stone, square in shape, unchiseled, four feet tall, two wide: it is mounted on a plinth of beaten gold. To this [deity] they offer sacrifice and pour forth the blood of the sacrificial animals; and this is their libation. And the whole house is rich in gold, and [contains] many votive offerings.
*qeu\s *)/arhs: toute/sti qeo\s *)/arhs, e)n *pe/tra| th=s *)arabi/as. se/betai de\ qeo\s *)/arhs par' au)toi=s: to/nde ga\r ma/lista timw=si. to\ de\ a)/galma li/qos e)sti\ me/las, tetra/gwnos, a)tu/pwtos, u(/yos podw=n tessa/rwn, eu)=ros du/o: a)na/keitai de\ e)pi\ ba/sews xrushla/tou. tou/tw| qu/ousi kai\ to\ ai(=ma tw=n i(erei/wn proxe/ousi: kai\ tou=to/ e)stin au)toi=s h( spondh/. o( de\ oi)=kos a(/pas e)sti\ polu/xrusos, kai\ a)naqh/mata polla/.
Notes:
cf. ps.-Codinus,
Patria Constantinopoleos 2.84 (Preger,
Scriptores originum Constantinopolitanarum194.7-14).
See generally web address 1.
[1] For
Petra see generally
pi 1404.
Web address 1
Keywords: architecture; art history; geography; historiography; religion; trade and manufacture; zoology
Translated by: Katina Ball on 14 February 2004@15:53:57.
Vetted by:Ross Scaife ✝ (modiifed translation, added notes and links) on 14 February 2004@17:12:50.
David Whitehead (modified headword and minor aspects of translation; augmented note and keywords; cosmetics) on 15 February 2004@04:53:38.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking and updating) on 2 January 2013@05:54:40.
Catharine Roth (typo, coding) on 23 November 2014@23:03:37.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 24 November 2018@00:57:07.
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