Ἄννος κρίβανον
Annos (and) the potter's oven
Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jul 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
A proverb in reference to those discovering something new. For Annos was an Egyptian who contrived the potter's oven for the baking of bread.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄννος κρίβανον· παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν καινόν τι ἐφευρηκότων. Ἄννος γὰρ Αἰγύπτιος εἰς τὴν τῶν ἄρτων ὄπτησιν ἐπενόησε τὸν κρίβανον.