Λύκος ἔχανεν
a wolf gaped
Translated by Robert Dyer10 Mar 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those hoping to have something, but failing to attain their hope.1
They say that the wolf, when he wishes to seize something, attacks it gaping. So when he does not take what he selected, they say that he gapes for nothing [literally, after empty (air)]. They use [the proverb] of those hoping to make money but failing. Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazousae 2.2
They say that the wolf, when he wishes to seize something, attacks it gaping. So when he does not take what he selected, they say that he gapes for nothing [literally, after empty (air)]. They use [the proverb] of those hoping to make money but failing. Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazousae 2.2