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[12] κατ᾽ ἀρχὰς μὲν οὖν ἄνδρες ἦσαν οἱ προφητεύοντες: καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἴσως καὶ ὁ ποιητὴς ἐμφαίνει: ὑποφήτας γὰρ καλεῖ, ἐν οἷς τάττοιντο κἂν οἱ προφῆται: ὕστερον δ᾽ ἀπεδείχθησαν τρεῖς γραῖαι, ἐπειδὴ καὶ σύνναος τῷ Διὶ προσαπεδείχθη καὶ ἡ Διώνη. Σουίδας μέντοι Θετταλοῖς μυθώδεις λόγους προσχαριζόμενος ἐκεῖθέν τέ φησιν εἶναι τὸ ἱερὸν μετενηνεγμένον ἐκ τῆς περὶ Σκοτοῦσσαν Πελασγίας (ἔστι δ᾽ ἡ Σκοτοῦσσα τῆς Πελασγιώτιδος Θετταλίας), συνακολουθῆσαί τε γυναῖκας τὰς πλείστας, ὧν ἀπογόνους εἶναι τὰς νῦν [p. 453] προφήτιδας: ἀπὸ δὲ τούτου καὶ Πελασγικὸν Δία κεκλῆσθαι: Κινέας δ᾽ ἔτι μυθωδέστερον.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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- LSJ, Δι^ώνη
- LSJ, προσαπο-δείκνυ_μι
- LSJ, προσχα^ρ-ίζομαι
- LSJ, σύννα_ος
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