Ἐν φρέατι κυσὶ μάχεσθαι
to fight with dogs in a well
Translated by Ross Scaife ✝22 Mar 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those fighting against some horrible thing and unable to get away from it.1
"What could one do, not bound together in a well with the proverbial dog, but rather in some depth of investigation due to a no less wondrous perplexity, not readily accessible to anyone unless a god should reveal it to someone?"2
"What could one do, not bound together in a well with the proverbial dog, but rather in some depth of investigation due to a no less wondrous perplexity, not readily accessible to anyone unless a god should reveal it to someone?"2