Ἄλλα μὲν ὁ Λεύκωνος ὄνος φέρει ἄλλα δὲ Λεύκων
some things Leukon's donkey carries (but) others Leukon
Translated by Jennifer Benedict29 Mar 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
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Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄλλα μὲν ὁ Λεύκωνος ὄνος φέρει, ἄλλα δὲ Λεύκων.
Betacode
*)/alla me\n o( *leu/kwnos o)/nos fe/rei, a)/lla de\ *leu/kwn.
Notes
- The proverb appears in this form in Diogenianus 2.21, who explains it as applying to a mismatch between words and actions and adds an anecdote about an Athenian farmer of this name. (Other paroemiographers have variant versions: see e.g. Zenobius 1.74.)