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Βάττου σίλφιον
Battos' silphium, Battus' silphium
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those receiving rare honors. For the Cyrenaeans gave a special silphium to one of the Battoi, and on one side of the coin they stamped [a picture …
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1445
Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖον
Dodonian bronze
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who speak a little. For Demon says that the oracle of Zeus at Dodona is surrounded by cauldrons in a circle. They touch each other, and …
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574
Ἀετὸν κάνθαρος μαιεύσομαι
I a dung-beetle will hatch an eagle
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those avenging themselves on their betters, with whom the bad thing started. For it is said that the dung-beetle steals the eggs of the eagle.
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1183
Ἀληλεσμένον
ground-up
… worked on, ready to eat. Also [sc. attested is the
proverbial
phrase] a)lhlesme/nos bi/os, in reference to those with an ample supply of what they need. But another
proverb
says: "for [there are] no …
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319
Δειλότερος τοῦ παρακύπτοντος
more cowardly than a peeper
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference those who are extremely cowardly. For there was a certain cowardly man who, peeping out of a cave and seeing Heracles, was turned to stone; and the stone …
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732
Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλία
Athenians' ill-counsel
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who prosper against expectations and undeservedly. For taking decisions badly is practiced by Athenians; Athena offers to turn that which has been decided badly to good; …
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2570
Ἄννος κρίβανον
Annos (and) the potter's oven
A
proverb
in reference to those discovering something new. For Annos was an Egyptian who contrived the potter's oven for the baking of bread.
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4101
Ἀρχὴ Σκυρία
Skyrian empire, Scyrian empire
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who are paltry and possess nothing worthwhile. Inasmuch as Skyros, rocky and dreary and accordingly poor, produces nothing worth mentioning. Some [say], though, [that it comes] …
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367
Βολίτου δίκην
case of a cow-pat
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase directed] toward those undertaking lawsuits over trivia. For the law of Solon punishes even those filching a cow-pat.
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460
Βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώττης
an ox on the tongue
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who are not able to speak freely: either because of the strength of the animal, or because there was an ox stamped on the Athenian coin …
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1173
Ἀληθέστερα τῶν ἐπὶ Σάγρᾳ
truer things than those at Sagra
A
proverb
in reference to things that are true, but are not believed. For Sagra [is] a place in Lokris. Menander in Anatithemene mentions the
proverb.
They say that the Epizephyrian Lokrians were at …
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1164
λέγεται καὶ ἵππος
Diomedeian compulsion
Also found is '[Diomedeian] horse'. A
proverb,
[stemming] from [Diomedes [Author, Myth]] the son of Tydeus or from the Thracian [Diomedes]. The latter compelled his guests to have intercourse with his daughters and then …
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3729
Ἀράβιος ἄγγελος
Arabian messenger
… Dedicated Girl or Messenian Woman [uses the phrase]. From the
proverb
[about the] "Arabian piper". "So I started an Arabian pipe going"; it is applied to those who speak incessantly. Long ago, they say, …
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586
Χρυσοχοεῖον
goldsmithy
… for him as to experience it". Plato too employs the
proverb:
"well, said Thrasymachus, is he 'smelting gold'?". They say that the
proverb
originated as follows. A certain rumor once struck the mass of …
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878
Ἀκκιζόμενος
acting coyly, being prudish, toying
… the man naturally on to jealousy". And [there is] a
proverb:
a Scythian toying with the donkey. In reference to those ostensibly nauseated but in fact avid. For someone who had seen a dead …
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60
Βάκχυρις
Bakchuris, Bocchuris, Bokchyris
[sc. A
proverbial
epithet] in reference to the most just men. For such a one was he, the king of Egypt.
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1207
Διὸς Κόρινθος
Zeus' [son] Korinthos
A
proverb
applying to those who keep saying the same things, it was coined for the following reason: the Megarians, subject to the Corinthians, were oppressed with their orders and clearly vexed on this …
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362
Χοᾶ
chous; pitcher
… of the blame that befell Orestes. And [there is] a
proverb:
'[it] will hold six choas.' In reference to those who talk nonsense. That is, his brain [will hold six choas]. At the same …
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98
Ἄβρωνος βίος
Abron's life
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] In reference to those who live extravagantly; for Abron became rich among the Argives. Or also from the [adjective] habros ["delicate"]. Also [sc. attested is the adjective] Abroneios ["Abronian"].
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523
Ἀδράστεια Νέμεσις
Adrasteian Nemesis, Nemesis of Adrastos
… Adrasteian Nemesis [is named] from Adrastos. [sc. It is a
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those first experiencing good fortune but later bad; for of the descendants of those who campaigned against [the] Thebans, …
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642
Ἀεί τις ἐν Κύδωνος
always someone at Kydon's
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who are hospitable and ready to receive [guests]; inasmuch as Kydon the Corinthian was very hospitable.
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675
Ἄϊδος κυνῆ
Hades' dog-skin [helmet]
A
proverb
[directed] toward those concealing themselves with certain devices. For such was the dog-skin [helmet] of Hades, which Perseus used when he cut the throat of the Gorgon.
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1011
Ἄκρον λάβε καὶ μέσον ἕξεις
seize the extremity and you will have the mean
[sc. A
proverbial
saying] in reference to things that are mysterious and difficult to understand.
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1684
Ἄμυρις μαίνεται
Amyris is mad
The
proverb
refers to the man of sound mind. For a sacred envoy [theoros] had been sent to Delphi by [the] Sybarites concerning their good fortune, and the god had prophesied that there would …
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1842
Ἀναγυράσιος
Anagyrasian
… from which [is an] Anagyrasian. Also [sc. attested is the
proverbial
phrase] "Anagyrasian spirit". And [there is] a shrine of Anagyros in the deme of the Anagyrasians. [The phrase] "Anagyrasian spirit" [arose] because a …
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2862
Ἄπαγέ με εἰς τὰς λατομίας
take me away into the quarries
A
proverb
in reference to those not prepared to put up with what is unworthy. For they say that Philoxenus the dithyrambic poet was staying at the court of Dionysius the tyrant, and when …
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3402
Ἀπόλογος Ἀλκίνου
Alkino(o)s' story, Alkino(o)s' tale
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who talk nonsense and stretch a tale out at length.
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4052
Ἄρτος
loaf
A
proverb:
'Annos [and] the oven'; in reference to those who discover something new. For Annos was an Egyptian who contrived the oven for baking loaves.
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αι
235
Αἴξ
goat
[ai)/c], [genitive] ai)go/s. And [there is] a
proverb:
"the nanny-goat giving the knife." For as the Corinthians were sacrificing to Hera Akraia, [whose cult] Medea is said to have established, the hired men hiding …
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28
Δάκτυλοι
fingers, finger[-dates]
… the dates of the date palm. And [there is] a
proverb:
"Daktylos' day"; in reference to those passing their days happily. For Daktylos was a man born in Athens who had the greatest honors.
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