The divine –> to theïkó?

Greek translation: τό θεῖον

18:19 Apr 4, 2020

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English term or phrase: The divine –> to theïkó?

First of all: I have no knowledge of Greek whatsoever. I am translating the Paris Review interview with Roberto Calasso (English to Spanish). In an answer, he says:

> The divine is that mysterious thing that you can totally ignore or that can more or less lead your life—what Plato called 'tò theÄ«on'.

There is obviously a transcription error in the original. My question is only: what is the Greek expression Plato used in this context? I have searched a little bit and I found the answer might be 'to theïkó', but I have no idea if this is correct.

I would appreciate it very much if someone can give me the answer in both Greek and Latin alphabet. A reference link to a reliable website would also be of much help.

Thank you in advance to anyone who might take a minute to help me out!

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Greek translation:τό θεῖον

Explanation:
In the dialogue named "Alcibiades", Plato reported a discussion between Socrates abd Alcibiades in which Socrates refers to God using the noun «τό θεῖον».

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-04-04 19:42:07 GMT)
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Whilst «τό θεϊκόν»is the adjective. Therefore the nominal group "the divine element" corresponds to «τό θεϊκόν στοιχεῖον» in ancient Greek.

Additional references from th same dialogue : Plato, Alcibiades, I I34

α.«Σωκράτης
καὶ ὅπερ γε ἐν τοῖς πρόσθεν ἐλέγομεν, εἰς τὸ θεῖον καὶ λαμπρὸν ὁρῶντες πράξετε»
«Socrates
And, as we were saying in what went before, you will act with your eyes turned on what is divine and bright.»

Source : http://perseus.uchicago.edu/perseus-cgi/citequery3.pl?dbname...

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-04-04 19:47:04 GMT)
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As per the Erasmian pronunciation, «τό θεῖον» will be pronounced as « to theïon »

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-04-04 19:57:55 GMT)
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The entire sentence pronunciation a per Erasmus is the follwing :
« Socratis
ke oper ye en toïs prosthen elewomen, eïs to theïon ke lampron orontes praksete»

Νota bene : the -e- ,ust be pronounced as in the English word "penny" or "elegant"

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However, if you are addressing a Greek origin audience, you should apply the followinng pronunciation :
Socratis
Ke oper ye en tis prosthen elewomen, is to thion ke lampron orontes praksete

Again; the lettter -e- ,must be pronounced as in the Englih words "penny"or "elegant"
the letter -s-must be pronounced as a double s in the word "asset""

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-04-04 20:14:10 GMT)
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The different pronunciation of ancient Greek as per Erasmus is due to te fact that the great philosopher from Holland had no oral contact with the Greek language as it was spoken in the Byzantine empire thus he invented an artificial pronunciation based on comparative linguistics.

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Savvas SEIMANIDIS
France
Local time: 19:48

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τό θεῖον

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