Οὐ λόγων ἀγορὰ δεῖται Ἑλλάδος ἀλλ' ἔργων

Greece's market is in need not of words but of deeds

Translated by David Whitehead5 Oct 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

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[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to braggarts.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οὐ λόγων ἀγορὰ δεῖται Ἑλλάδος, ἀλλ' ἔργων· ἐπὶ τῶν κομπαζόντων.

Betacode

*ou) lo/gwn a)gora\ dei=tai *(ella/dos, a)ll' e)/rgwn: e)pi\ tw=n kompazo/ntwn.

A variant of something already proverbial ('they say') in Herodas 7.49-50 (which has coppers rather than deeds); nevertheless, neither version is in the paroemiographers.
Roman and later parallels in Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.2079.

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