Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, ed. William W. Goodwin, 13

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Question 13.

Why do they sacrifice to Honor (a God so-called) with a bare head?

Solution. Is it because glory is splendid, illustrious, and unveiled, for which cause men are uncovered before good and honorable persons; and for this reason they thus worship the God that bears the name of honor?

Quaestiones Romanae. Plutarch. ed. William W. Goodwin. Boston. 1874.

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Roman Questions (English) (Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals, Vol. II. Goodwin, William W., editor; Chauncy, Isaac translator. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company; Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1874.)

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Αἴτια Ῥωμαϊκά Perseus (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. IV. Babbitt, Frank Cole, editor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936 (printing).) — 13 focus

[13] διὰ τί καὶ τῷ λεγομένῳ Ὁνώρει θύουσιν ἀπαρακαλύπτῳ ¹ τῇ κεφαλῇ; τὸν δὲ Ὁνῶρεμ δόξαν ἄν τις ἢ τιμὴν μεθερμηνεύσειε.

πότερον διότι ² λαμπρὸν ἡ δόξα καὶ περιφανὲς καὶ ἀναπεπταμένον, διʼ ἣν αἰτίαν τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς καὶ 267a τιμωμένοις ἀνδράσιν ἀποκαλύπτονται, διὰ ταύτην καὶ τὸν ἐπώνυμον τῆς τιμῆς θεὸν οὕτω προσκυνοῦσιν;

Κεφαλαίων καταγραφή Ῥωμαϊκά Perseus (Plutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol IΙ. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1889.) — 13 focus

[13] διὰ τί καὶ τῷ λεγομένῳ Ὁνώρει θύουσιν ἀπαρακαλύπτῳ τῇ κεφαλῇ (τὸν δὲ Ὁνῶρεμ δόξαν ἂν 5 τις ἢ τιμὴν μεθερμηνεύσειε); πότερον διότι ¹ λαμπρὸν ἡ δόξα καὶ περιφανὲς καὶ ἀναπεπταμένον, διʼ ἣν ² 267a αἰτίαν τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς καὶ τιμωμένοις ἀνδράσιν ἀποκαλύπτονται, διὰ ταύτην καὶ τὸν ἐπώνυμον τῆς τιμῆς θεὸν οὕτω προσκυνοῦσι; 10

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The Roman Questions Perseus (Plutarch. Moralia, Vol. IV. Babbitt, Frank Cole, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1936 (printing).) — 13 focus

[13] Why do they also sacrifice to the god called Honor with the head uncovered? One might translate Honor as renown or honour.

Is it because renown is a brilliant thing, conspicuous, and widespread, and for the reason that they uncover in the presence of good and honoured men, is it for this same reason that they also worship the god who is named for honour?

Plutarch Quaestiones Romanae 13

ed. William W. Goodwin

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