Ἐλευσίνιος: Difference between revisions
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
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Revision as of 21:17, 8 February 2013
English (LSJ)
α, ον,
A of Eleusis, h.Cer.266, Hdt.9.57, etc.; epith. of Zeus in Ionia, Hsch.; of Artemis in Sicily and Antioch, Id., Lib. Or.11.109; but mostly of Demeter, Antim.63, etc.; Δηὼ Ἐ. S.Ant. 1120(lyr.); Ἐλευσείνιαι (sic) Demeter and Cora, IG4.955.14(Epid.): hence, II Ἐλευσίνιον, τό, their temple at Eleusis, And.1.110, IG 12.6.129. III Ἐλευσίνια, τά, their festivals, ib.12.5, 22.847.24, Hyp.Fr.112, Paus.4.33.5, etc.: prov., Ἀττικοὶ τὰ Ἐ., of groups of persons confabulating, Duris 95 J.: Lacon. Ἐλευηύνια, τά, IG5(1).213.11 (v B.C.). IV Ἐλευσίνιος, ὁ (sc. μήν), name of month in Crete, GDI5183: also spelt Ἐλευσύνιος SIG712.8 (Olus), and so in Thera, Test.Epict.2.7,3.3. [σῑ, exc. in h.Cer.l.c., S.Ant.1120(lyr.).]
