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Headword:
Ὑγεία
Adler number: upsilon,22
Translated headword: health
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Those taking omens were accustomed to say, in answer to the question “Who is the one seeking [the omen]?”, the name [of some god] or health[1] or suchlike. "And the hoopoe said: 'Who are those seeking [me]?" And they[2] said: 'The twelve gods seem to have used you ill.'"
Greek Original:Ὑγεία: οἰωνιζόμενοι εἰώθασι λέγειν πρὸς τό, τὶς ὁ ζητῶν, ὄνομα ἢ ὑγείαν ἤ τι τοιοῦτον. καὶ ὁ ἔποψ ἔφη: τίνες οἱ ζητοῦντες. οἱ δὲ ἔφασαν, οἱ δώδεκα θεοὶ εἴξασιν ἐπιτρῖψαί σε.
Notes:
Aristophanes,
Birds 96-97 (web address 1), with material from the
scholia there.
[1] Perhaps related to the so-called
τὸ οἰώνισμα τὸ τῆς Ὑγιείας (see
Cassius Dio 37.24).
[2] Pisetaerus, rather.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; medicine; religion
Translated by: Ioannis N. Doukas on 29 December 2008@16:09:51.
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