Ὀψ' ἦλθες ἀλλ' ἐς Κολωνὸν ἵεσο
you came late -- but rush into Kolonos
Translated by David Whitehead19 May 2010Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those missing their opportunities, and in reference to those earning wages.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀψ' ἦλθες· ἀλλ' ἐς Κολωνὸν ἵεσο· ἐπὶ τοῖς καθυστερίζουσι τῶν καιρῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν μισθαρνούντων.
Betacode
*)oy' h)=lqes: a)ll' e)s *kolwno\n i(/eso: e)pi\ toi=s kaqusteri/zousi tw=n kairw=n, kai\ e)pi\ tw=n misqarnou/ntwn.
Notes
- Likewise in Photius, Lexicon omicron763 Theodoridis, taken to come from Pausanias the Atticist; see also Hesychius kappa3410.
A fragment of Attic comedy (Comica adespota no.35 Kock, 828 K.-A.); Appendix Proverbiorum 4.49. Mentioned also in one of the ancient hypotheses to Sophocles, Oedipus at Kolonos, with the assertion that the 'Kolonos' in question is K. Agoraios (cf. generally kappa 1961).
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