Προβατίου βίον ζῆν
to live a sheep's life
Translated by David Whitehead18 Apr 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to stupid and brainless people. For sheep do no work; they [merely] exist.
Or else because of their feebleness.1
Or else because of their feebleness.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προβατίου βίον ζῆν· ἐπὶ τῶν μωρῶν καὶ ἀνοήτων. τὰ γὰρ πρόβατα οὐδὲν ἐργάζεται, καὶ ζῇ. ἢ διὰ τὸ ἀδρανές.
Betacode
*probati/ou bi/on zh=n: e)pi\ tw=n mwrw=n kai\ a)noh/twn. ta\ ga\r pro/bata ou)de\n e)rga/zetai, kai\ zh=|. h)\ dia\ to\ a)drane/s.
Notes (1)
- Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 922 ('you are describing a sheep's life'), with comment from the scholia there. See text at web address 1.
- 1Cf. alpha 522.
cf. Apostolius 14.81. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 4 Nov 2021
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
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- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead