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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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Ἐκ Μασσαλίας ἥκεις
you are coming out of Massalia
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to effeminate and luxury-loving people, inasmuch as the men of Massalia are said to wear effeminate, perfumed clothing and tie their hair up, and are a disgrace because …
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Χαλεπὸν χορίου κύνα γεύειν
[it is] dangerous when a dog tastes [the] afterbirth
… see generally chi 405. The present headword phrase, which became
proverbial
(see Diogenianus 3.94 and other paroemiographers), comes from Theocritus, Idylls 10.11.
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