Αὐτὸς αὑτὸν αὐλεῖ

he is playing the pipe to himself

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 1 Aug 2001 · Vetting: high · 7 revisions

Translation

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who reveal themselves, in what they do, as the sort of people they are.

Αὐτὸς αὑτὸν αὐλεῖ· ἐπὶ τῶν ἑαυτοὺς δεικνυόντων ἐν τοῖς πράγμασιν, ὁποῖοί τινές εἰσιν.

Betacode

*au)to\s au(to\n au)lei=: e)pi\ tw=n e(autou\s deiknuo/ntwn e)n toi=s pra/gmasin, o(poi=oi/ tine/s ei)sin.

Comica adespota fr. 733 Kock (but not in K.-A.); Diogenianus 3.16 and other paroemiographers.

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he is playing the pipe to himself

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 1 Aug 2001 · Vetting: high · 7 revisions

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who reveal themselves, in what they do, as the sort of people they are.

Αὐτὸς αὑτὸν αὐλεῖ· ἐπὶ τῶν ἑαυτοὺς δεικνυόντων ἐν τοῖς πράγμασιν, ὁποῖοί τινές εἰσιν.

Betacode

*au)to\s au(to\n au)lei=: e)pi\ tw=n e(autou\s deiknuo/ntwn e)n toi=s pra/gmasin, o(poi=oi/ tine/s ei)sin.

Comica adespota fr. 733 Kock (but not in K.-A.); Diogenianus 3.16 and other paroemiographers.

Revisions (7)