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Headword:
Saboi
Adler number: sigma,12
Translated headword: Saboi
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Demosthenes [in the speech]
On Behalf of Ktesiphon [sc. mentions them].[1] Some say that Saboi is the term for those who are dedicated to Sabazios, that is to Dionysos, just as those [dedicated] to Bacchos [are] Bacchoi. They say that Sabazios and Dionysos are the same. Thus some also say[2] that the Greeks call the Bacchoi Saboi. But
Mnaseas of
Patrai[3] says that Sabazios is the son of Dionysos.
Greek Original:Saboi: Dêmosthenês huper Ktêsiphôntos. hoi men Sabous legesthai tous teloumenous tôi Sabaziôi, toutesti tôi Dionusôi, kathaper tous tôi Bakchôi Bakchous. ton auton de einai Sabazion kai Dionuson phasin. houtôs de phêsi kai tôn Hellênôn tines tous Bakchous Sabous kalein. Mnaseas de ho Patreus huion einai phêsi tou Dionusou Sabazion.
Notes:
Abridged from Harpokration (and
Photius) s.v.
cf.
sigma 3.
[1]
Demosthenes 18.260.
[2] The transmitted text has, wrongly, "he says" (and
tw=n *(ellh/nwn for what should be
tou\s *(e/llhnas); cf. Harpok.
[3] C3 BCE; fr.36 FHG (3.155).
Translated by: Alex Gottesman on 13 May 2000@16:49:05.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; added notes and keyword) on 21 May 2001@10:25:45.
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 3 May 2011@08:04:30.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 14 July 2011@05:48:05.
Catharine Roth (tweaked betacode, coding) on 22 September 2014@00:10:33.
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