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Headword:
*pa/mboron
Adler number: pi,123
Translated headword: all-devouring
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] foul-smelling.[1]
Josephus [writes]: "the all-devouring thing produced pleasant food out of it[self]."[2] Referring to the lion and honeycombs.
*pa/mboron: ka/kosmon. *)iw/shpos: to\ pa/mboron gegenh/koi bora\n h(dei=an e)c au)tou=. to\n le/onta shmai/nwn kai\ khri/a me/litos.
Notes:
cf. generally
pi 124.
[1] =
Eudemus 171.23 Niese. The gloss is clearly a misunderstanding. Kuster (cited by Adler) suggests that it is inspired by the description of the dung-beetle in
Aristophanes,
Peace 38, as "foul-smelling and gluttonous" (
ka/kosmon kai\ boro/n), though it could just as easily be a misapprehension of the paradox in the riddle itself (foul-smelling/sweet vs. pleasant/unpleasant).
[2]
Josephus,
Jewish Antiquities 5.290 (web address 1): a version of Samson's riddle found in
Judges 14:14.
B. Niese, "Excerpta ex Eudemi codice Parisino n. 2635," Philologus suppl. 15 (1922): 145‑160
Associated internet address:
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Keywords: comedy; definition; food; historiography; imagery; religion; zoology
Translated by: William Hutton on 5 June 2011@03:56:38.
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