Ἀνὴρ ἔοικε ναῦς ἱκετεύειν πέτραν
a man (who is) like a ship supplicating a rock
Translated by Jennifer Benedict29 May 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
A proverb in reference to those without feeling, from a metaphor of the ship running aground.
Against the rock.1
Against the rock.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνὴρ ἔοικε ναῦς ἱκετεύειν πέτραν· παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν ἀναισθήτων, ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῆς ἐποκελλούσης νεώς. πρὸς τῇ πέτρᾳ.
Betacode
*)anh\r e)/oike nau=s i(keteu/ein pe/tran: paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n a)naisqh/twn, a)po\ metafora=s th=s e)pokellou/shs new/s. pro\s th=| pe/tra|.