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Headword:
Κωνοφόροι
Adler number: kappa,2279
Translated headword: pinecone-bearing
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Thyrsus-bearing.[1] For "cone" is the cluster-like fruit of the pine, which women used to bring with them carrying [it] in the rituals for
Dionysus, because the cone is similar in shape to the human heart, and the Greeks [ = pagans] say that
Dionysus is the overseer of peoples' hearts.[2] They did this then for some mystery ritual of their own.
"And the thyrsus pole, green and bearing a pine-cone."[3]
Κωνοφόροι: θυρσοφόροι. κῶνος δὲ λέγεται ὁ βοτρυοειδὴς τοῦ στροβίλου καρπός, ὃν ἔφερον αἱ γυναῖκες βαστάζουσαι ἐν ταῖς τοῦ Διονύσου τελεταῖς, ἐπειδὴ ὅμοιον τῷ σχήματι τὸν κῶνον τῇ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καρδίᾳ, ἐπιστάτην δέ φασιν Ἕλληνες τῆς τῶν ἀνθρώπων καρδίας τὸν Διόνυσον. οἰκείῳ οὖν τινι μυστηρίῳ τοῦτο ἐποίουν. καὶ θύρσου χλοερὸν κωνοφόρον κάμακα.
Notes:
The headword, evidently quoted from somewhere (but attested only here), is nominative plural of this adjective.
[1] The thyrsus was a wand with a pine-cone at the top, carried in Dionysian rites as explained; see
theta 613.
[2] The conical shape of the heart is remarked on by the late medical author Meletius,
On the Nature of Humans p. 97 Cramer. The remarks made here do not appear to have been preserved elsewhere.
[3]
Greek Anthology 6.165, also cited in
theta 613.
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 21 February 2009@06:38:17.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (cosmetics, keywords, status) on 22 February 2009@01:26:27.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; tweaks) on 22 February 2009@04:01:33.
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