The goddess in question, whose name Englishes as what you would expect of an exact etymological equivalent of the Greek root περδ/πορδ/παρδ, either saves or wounds -- depending on whether we read [σ]ωθῇς or [τρ]ωθῇς in a papyrus text of a mime of Herondas. This is in today's blog of the Old Curmudgeon (Laudator Tempris Acti):
http://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.co ... ddess.html
Τhe goddess Πορδή
Τhe goddess Πορδή
οὔτοι ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς πάντα θεοὶ θνητοῖς ὑπέδειξαν,
ἀλλὰ χρόνῳ ζητέοντες ἐφευρίσκουσιν ἄμεινον. (Xenophanes, Fragment 16)
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
ἀλλὰ χρόνῳ ζητέοντες ἐφευρίσκουσιν ἄμεινον. (Xenophanes, Fragment 16)
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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Re: Τhe goddess Πορδή
Hi, Carl,
Luther talks about driving away the Devil with Der Furz, so I wonder if there is a connection. It's rather Grimm to think about these things.
Luther talks about driving away the Devil with Der Furz, so I wonder if there is a connection. It's rather Grimm to think about these things.
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Re: Τhe goddess Πορδή
mmm.... reminds me of Aristophanes The Clouds where the father Strepsiades is complaining about his good-for-nothing, gambling, horse-racing son....
It's interesting that this word has kept its forms throughout the Indo-European language group. PrD - FrTἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ὁ χρηστὸς οὑτοσὶ νεανίας
ἐγείρεται τῆς νυκτός, ἀλλὰ πέρδεται
ἐν πέντε σισύραις ἐγκεκορδυλημένος.