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Headword: Ἱστίον
Adler number: iota,689
Translated headword: sail
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Rigging.[1]
"He came with full sails to his wisdom."[2] Meaning with all his strength, all his power, his whole soul.
And [there is] a proverb: "to sacrifice to Histia." The proverb is said about those who do not easily share with anyone. For it was a custom among the ancients, when they sacrified to Histia, to give no one a share of the sacrifice.[3]
Greek Original:
Ἱστίον: ἄρμενον. πλήρεσιν ἱστίοις ἐς τὴν αὐτοῦ σοφίαν καθῆκεν. ἀντὶ τοῦ παντὶ σθένει, πάσῃ δυνάμει, ὅλῃ ψυχῇ. καὶ παροιμία: Θύειν Ἱστίᾳ. εἴρηται ἡ παροιμία κατὰ τῶν μηδενὶ ῥᾳδίως μεταδιδόντων. δι' ἔθους γὰρ ἦν τοῖς παλαιοῖς, ὁπότε ἔθυον Ἱστίᾳ, μηδενὶ μεταδιδόναι τῆς θυσίας.
Notes:
[1] cf. iota 690, iota 691, iota 692, iota 693.
[2] Philostratos, Lives of the Sophists 1.25.5; quoted again at pi 1758.
[3] Zenobius 4.44. ('Histia' is Hestia; cf. epsilon 3214.)
Keywords: biography; daily life; definition; imagery; philosophy; proverbs; religion; science and technology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 25 April 2006@16:45:39.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented n.3; added a keyword; cosmetics) on 26 April 2006@03:27:51.
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