Ἀσταφίς

raisin

Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jan 2002Vetting: high6 revisions

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"And a dried grape-bunch, and the sweet-smelling frankincense."¹
And [there is] a proverb: "an old man's head [is] a raisin."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀσταφίς· καὶ σταφυλὴ γραίη, χὠ μελίπνους λίβανος. καὶ παροιμία· Ἀνδρὸς γέροντος ἀσταφὶς τὸ κρανίον.