Αἴξ
goat
Translated by Catharine Roth6 Oct 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[ai)/c ], [genitive] ai)go/s .1
And [there is] a proverb: "the nanny-goat giving the knife."2 For as the Corinthians were sacrificing to Hera Akraia, [whose cult] Medea is said to have established, the hired men3 hiding the knife in the nearby earth claimed that they had forgotten it. But the goat dug it up with her feet.
And [there is] a proverb: "the nanny-goat giving the knife."2 For as the Corinthians were sacrificing to Hera Akraia, [whose cult] Medea is said to have established, the hired men3 hiding the knife in the nearby earth claimed that they had forgotten it. But the goat dug it up with her feet.