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Headword: *ai)tnai=os ka/nqaros
Adler number: alphaiota,376
Translated headword: Etnaean dung-beetle
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the big [kind]. [So called] because the mountain too [is] big.[1]
They say that Aristaios was the only Giant to survive; the fire of heaven did not reach him, nor did Etna harm him.[2]
Greek Original:
*ai)tnai=os ka/nqaros: o( me/gas. dio\ kai\ to\ o)/ros me/ga. *)aristai=on mo/non to\n gi/ganta periswqh=nai/ fasi, kai\ ou)/te pu=r ou)ra/nion e)p' au)to\n h)=lqen, ou)/te *ai)/tnh pie/zei au)to/n.
Notes:
[1] The headword phrase occurs in (e.g.) fragments of Sophocles and Aristophanes: see LSJ s.v. ka/nqaros; cf. Diogenianus 1.59 and other paroemiographers.
[2] Aelian fr. 215b Domingo-Forasté (214 Hercher). For Aristaios see already alpha 3898. For Etna cf. alphaiota 373, alphaiota 374, alphaiota 375.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; geography; mythology; proverbs; tragedy; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 October 2000@10:05:51.
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Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 4 September 2002@23:29:44.
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