30-10-2018, 10:16 AM
Of all words proposed so far, I find 'enchyton' the most promising.
It is the Latinised name of either a Greek infusion or a soft cake, and seems to have been quoted by classical Latin authors.
Googling from one reference to the next (as one does), I ran into something that is almost certainly a curious coincidence. It is related to the myths surrounding Pandora, as told a.o. by Hipponax.
Apparently, Pandora was responsible for the birth of some deformed children (called Teras, plural Terata).
Also, someone offered to her an 'enchyton' in the role of a scapegoat (German: "Sündenbock).
The Greek word for scapegoat is Pharmakos.
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Do we have the Teras and the scapegoat in the left margin of f116v? Are all the Voynich nymphs Terata?
Honestly, I do not think so....
(The references for this can be easily found by googling for the various words and names above, and there must be more that I have not seen.....)
It is the Latinised name of either a Greek infusion or a soft cake, and seems to have been quoted by classical Latin authors.
Googling from one reference to the next (as one does), I ran into something that is almost certainly a curious coincidence. It is related to the myths surrounding Pandora, as told a.o. by Hipponax.
Apparently, Pandora was responsible for the birth of some deformed children (called Teras, plural Terata).
Also, someone offered to her an 'enchyton' in the role of a scapegoat (German: "Sündenbock).
The Greek word for scapegoat is Pharmakos.
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Do we have the Teras and the scapegoat in the left margin of f116v? Are all the Voynich nymphs Terata?
Honestly, I do not think so....
(The references for this can be easily found by googling for the various words and names above, and there must be more that I have not seen.....)