Λίθον ἕψεις
you are boiling a stone
Translated by David Whitehead9 Sep 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those attempting to achieve something impossible; as if [to say] you are trying impossible things.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λίθον ἕψεις· ἐπὶ τῶν ἀδύνατόν τι κατεργάζεσθαι πειρωμένων. οἷον ἀδυνάτων ἐπιχειρεῖς.
Betacode
*li/qon e(/yeis: e)pi\ tw=n a)du/nato/n ti katerga/zesqai peirwme/nwn. oi(=on a)duna/twn e)pixeirei=s.
Notes
- Proverb invoked in Aristophanes, Wasps 280 (web address 1); cf. [Plato], Eryxias 405B; Apostolius 10.68, etc.