Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖον

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who speak a little. For Demon says that the oracle of Zeus at Dodona↗ is surrounded by cauldrons in a circle. They touch each other, and when one is struck all of them resound in succession, so that the sound continues to go around for a long time.¹ But Aristotle, refuting this story as a fiction, says that there are two pillars, and on one of them a cauldron and on the other a boy holding a whip. The thongs of this are of bronze and when they are shaken by the wind they strike against the cauldron, and when it is struck it resounds.² Menander uses the proverb in Pipers.³ [...] in reply to Demon:⁴ if there were many [cauldrons], the proverb would not be stated in the singular.