Ἀφαία
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
ἡ, name of divinity in Aegina, IG4.1580; cf. Ἀφαία· ἡ Δίκτυννα, καὶ Ἄρτεμις, Hsch.
Spanish (DGE)
-ας, ἡ
Afaya diosa venerada en Egina, identificada c. Ártemis y Dictina SEG 32.356 (Egina VI a.C.), Pi.Fr.89b, Paus.2.30.3, Ant.Lib.40.4, Hsch.
English (Slater)
Ἀφαία test., Paus., 2. 30. 2, ἐπίκλησις δέ οἱ (sc. of Britomaris) παρά τε Αἰγινήταις ἐστὶν Ἀφαία . ἐν Αἰγίνῃ δὲ πρὸς τὸ ὄρος τοῦ Πανελληνίου Διὸς ἰοῦσιν, ἔστιν Ἀφαίας ἱερόν, ἐς ἣν καὶ Πίνδαρος ᾆσμα Αἰγινήταις ἐποίησεν fr. 89.
