Πολλοὶ θριοβόλοι παῦροι δέ τε μάντιες ἄνδρες
many thria-throwers but few prophetic men
Translated by David Whitehead22 Apr 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πολλοὶ θριοβόλοι, παῦροι δέ τε μάντιες ἄνδρες· θρίαι καλοῦνται αἱ μαντικαὶ ψῆφοι καὶ τὸ μαντεύεσθαι θριάσαι.
Betacode
*polloi\ qriobo/loi, pau=roi de/ te ma/nties a)/ndres: qri/ai kalou=ntai ai( mantikai\ yh=foi kai\ to\ manteu/esqai qria/sai.
Notes
- The present headword phrase, a line of hexameter verse, features as proverbial in Zenobius 5.75, where exegetic matter is appended. First the Atthidographer Philochorus (FGrH 328 F195) is cited for a story about three nymphs called Thriai occupying Mt Parnassus; then other sources, unnamed, provide alternative explanations of this thri- vocabulary (cf. theta 490, theta 501); finally the verse itself is connected with Delphic oracular responses.
Neighbouring entries
π1930Πολλοῦ δὴ δέω καὶ λέγεινI am far indeed from sayingπ1931Πόλλ' οἶδ' ἀλώπηξa fox knows many things but a hedgehog one big oneπ1932Πολλοὶ θριοβόλοι παῦροι δέ τε μάντιες ἄνδρεςmany thria-throwers but few prophetic menπ1933Πολλοὶ μὲν ἐχθροίmany enemies but few people to rely onπ1934Πολλοί σε μισήσουσιν ἐὰν σαυτὸν φιλῇςmany will hate you if you love yourself
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