Φιλίππου ἀλεκτρυών
Philip's cockerel, Philip's rooster
Translated by David Whitehead27 Apr 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those boasting about small successes.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φιλίππου ἀλεκτρυών· ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν μικροῖς κατορθώμασιν ἀλαζονευομένων.
Betacode
*fili/ppou a)lektruw/n: e)pi\ tw=n e)n mikroi=s katorqw/masin a)lazoneuome/nwn.
Notes
- Some of the paroemiographers add 'name of a general' before the present gloss; and Theopompus (FGrH 115 F249) says that Cockerel was the nickname of Adaios (alpha 431), one of the generals of Philip II of Macedon (phi 354).
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