The hieroglyphics of Horapollo Nilous / [Tr.] by A.J. Cory.

  • Horapollo.
Date:
1840
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Credit: The hieroglyphics of Horapollo Nilous / [Tr.] by A.J. Cory. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    XI. WIIAT 1'IiEY IMPLY BY DEPICTING A VULTURE. ia . TV yurra ypatpovTEg b'yXoi/cri. WiyrEpa. Je yqdtpov'TEg, y pte^tv, y opiov, y 7rpo- yvcocrtv, y eviaurov, y ov~ (jtxvlccv* y Eteygova, y ’ASyvdv, y Hpav, y tya- Xg&i Swo, yv'ssot. Quypa- <povai. fxyTspa (Av, oltsei- fry ccp’psv iv TOincp rep ye- VEl TCOV £tOCOV OUX VZSCCp- %£{. y 5e yEVEtng avrav, yiVETOU TpOrSep TOUp^E. OTCtv opyotry tvgog auX- Xyi^iv y yu-J/, Tyv tpbaiv savryg dvoi'iacra VTpbg fiofavoivEpiov, uzro tol/tou ox^Ejai etz) y/XEpag rusv- ‘ To denote a mother, or vision, or boundary, or foreknowledge, or a year, or heaven, or one that is compassionate, or Athena i [Neith], or Hera [Safe], or two drachmas, they delineate ‘ a vulture. They signify by it a mother, because in this race of creatures there is no male. Gignuntur autem hunc in modum. Cum amore conci- piendi vultur exarserit, vulvam ad Boream aperiens, ab eo velut comprimitur per dies quinque, during which time i. Mother. hi. Lower Egypt. n. Victory. * Treb. om.