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Headword: *au)qigenh/s
Adler number: alpha,4429
Translated headword: born here, native to this place
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[Meaning] autochthonous, genuine.[1]
"'I am Persian, and from the time of my fathers a Persian native to this place, yes master. To defile fire is more grievous to us than a difficult death.'"[2]

Greek Original:

*au)qigenh/s: au)to/xqwn, gnh/sios. *pe/rshs ei)mi\ kai\ e)k pate/rwn *pe/rshs au)qigenh/s, nai\ de/spota: pu=r de\ mih=nai h(mi=n tou= xalepou= pikro/teron qana/tou.

Notes:

[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica.
[2] Greek Anthology 7.162.2-4 (Dioskorides/Dioscorides), a Persian slave asks his master for a burial respecting Zoroastrian beliefs; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 90) and (vol. II, 260-261). The cult of fire is central to Zoroastrian devotional life; cf. Boyce (454).

References:

A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
M. Boyce, "On the Zoroastrian temple cult of fire", Journal of the American Oriental Society 95 (1975) 454-465

Keywords: definition; ethics; geography; poetry; religion
Translated by: William Hutton on 24 March 2002@11:02:52.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (added note; cosmetics) on 11 April 2002@08:15:19.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; tweaking) on 30 April 2012@06:57:40.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 10 September 2015@09:15:42.
Catharine Roth (another keyword) on 20 December 2015@20:05:10.
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