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609
Ἡ Συρακουσῶν δεκάτη
the Syracusans' tithe
… the name of the Syracusans was spread abroad in a
proverb
applied to those who are extremely rich: 'the tithe of the Syracusans would not be sufficient for them'". Appendix
Proverbiorum
3.14, etc. cf. …
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249
Ἀγκών
elbow
… 2); the first adjective is garbled here. [7] cf. Mantissa
Proverbiorum
3.31 and the quotation which follows here. [8] Diogenes Laertius 4.46. [9] gamma 316.
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1510
Ἅμματα
[Kasiotic] knots
… pi 1516. "Knots" alone as a headword doesn't constitute a
proverbial
phrase; "Kasiotic" must have dropped out in the Suda compiler's source. The same applies to alpha 1459. [2] This doesn't make sense. In …
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150
Εἰ μὴ ταχέως ἀπολώμεθα οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθημεν
had we not perished so fast we would not have been saved
… of Greece in 146 BCE. For other versions of the
proverb
see Walbank's commentary ad loc. (3.717). The verb should probably be the aorist indicative a)pwlo/meqa rather than the Suda's subjunctive. [2] cf. Appendix …
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732
Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλία
Athenians' ill-counsel
[1] Mantissa
Proverbiorum
1.3. (For 'ill-counsel' alone, see delta 1601.) [2] Eupolis fr. 205 Kock, now 219 K.-A. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 587-9 (web address 1 below), with scholion; cf. gamma 195. [4] This additional …
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1355
Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔνεστι συκοφάντου δήγματος
but it does not have [a charm] against an informer's bite
… there. Again (with slight variations) at omicron 885. In Appendix
Proverbiorum
1.21 and other paroemiographic collections. For informers/blackmailers in classical Athens, see sigma 1330.
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4101
Ἀρχὴ Σκυρία
Skyrian empire, Scyrian empire
… in the dead centre of the Aegean Sea; for other
proverbs
mentioning it see alphaiota 238, sigma 714. [2] Similarly explained in Zenobius 1.32 and other paroemiographers. [3] For Theseus and Lykomedes see e.g. …
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332
Αἰσώπειον αἷμα
Aesopic blood
… of Aesop's death is told at alphaiota 334. For the
proverb
-- in its second version here -- see Zenobius 1.47, etc.
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695
Ἐκκυβεύειν
to gamble (everything) on dice
… common in Greek, of gambling all on battle, see the
proverbs
"Let the die be cast (or, rather, tossed)" (alpha 2310, epsilon 3013, kappa 2591, kappa 2602) and "Triple six or just three dice" …
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3408
Εὐδαίμων ὁ Κορίνθιος ἐγὼ δ' εἴην Τενεάτης
fortunate is Corinth but for myself I would rather be a Teneate
… Korinthos into the unmetrical Korinthios. The headword phrase was already
proverbial
in the time of Strabo, who classifies it as an oracular response (8.6.22). See J. Fontenrose, The Delphic oracle: its responses and operations …
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657
Ἡφαίστειος δεσμός
Hephaistian chain, Hephaestian chain
[1] Appendix
Proverbiorum
3.16, etc. [2] Eunapius fr.84 FHG (4.51); see more fully at alpha 3752.
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165
Αἴ κε πάθοι τά κ' ἔρεξε δίκη δ' ἰθεῖα γένοιτο
if he should endure the sufferings which he has inflicted, the punishment would be just
… di/kh k'), and attributed to Rhadamanthys (rho 12, rho 13);
proverbial
in Appendix
Proverbiorum
2.12. An anonymous commentator on the Ethics quotes this as two verses -- the first one is ei) kaka/ tis …
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1419
Δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχεις
despite being a slave you have [long] hair
[1] Aristophanes, Birds 911 (web address 1), and scholion;
proverbial
in Apostolius 6.34. [2] As at e.g. Herodotus 7.7.1 (web address 2), of Egypt after Xerxes' punitive invasion. Note also the
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'more enslaved …
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δ
1560
Δοῖδυξ
pestle
… word, and a)letri/banos an Asian one. The scholia refer to
proverbial
expressions: scholia to Knights 984b paroimi/a, doi/duc au)/cei: e)pi\ tw=n li/an mikrw=n, "there is a
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"the grinder causes [things] to augment: [it …
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3348
Ἐοίκασι τοῖς ἐκ Πύλου ληφθεῖσι τοῖς Λακωνικοῖς
they look like those taken out of Pylos -- the Lakonians
… soi dokou=sin ei)ke/nai;, 'What do they look like to you?')
Proverbial
in Appendix
Proverbiorum
2.74. [2] cf. kappa 1731. For the events of 425 BCE, see Thucydides 4.3-41. A total of 292 Spartans who …
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165
Ἱερείας ἐνύπνιον
priestess's dream
… Photius iota49 Theodoridis), and cf. the headword phrase as a
proverb:
Appendix
proverbiorum
3.25. Ultimately a fragment of tau 602, the Sicilian historian Timaeus of Tauromenium (FGrH 566 F29) preserved in the scholia to …
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271
παροιμία
the ten-company of Lykos, the ten-company of Lycus
… 174, lambda 820. [NB: the SOL headword, incorrectly, is 'a
proverb']
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2239
Ἐπιβολή
plan, project
… as a compliment to his patron, Scipio Aemilianus. [3] This
proverb
is the second line of an elegiac couplet, listed as of unknown authorship in Iambi et Elegi, ed. M.L. West, vol.2 (2nd. edn., …
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3141
Ἐσθλά
[things] good [of their kind]
… L. Bachmann 1.237.5 and Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.435.30. [1] For this
proverb
(from an unknown elegiac epigram similar to those in the collection ascribed to Theognis) see epsilon 2239, note 2. [2] Polybius 15.16.6, here …
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1561
Ἀμετρί
limitlessly
… cf. Zenobius 5.19. For a fuller version of this oracular
proverb,
on the foundation of Thourioi, see mu 818; and for the full version Diodorus Siculus 12.10.5, with Fontenrose p.329, #Q186.
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587
Βύβλον
Byblian
… implicit in "all"? [3] cf. Zenobius 2.73 (omitting 'big'). The
proverb
itself is an iambic trimeter.
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619
Διαλλάττειν
to reconcile
… resumption of the Peloponnesian War. [2] Evidently in a different
proverb;
cf. Aristophanes Acharnians 10 (web address 2; kappa 1465), and generally kappa 1463, kappa 1466, kappa 1467.
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1207
Διὸς Κόρινθος
Zeus' [son] Korinthos
… and Plato, Euthydemus 292E (both of which passages mention the
proverb);
and Zenobius 3.21. For an alternative explanation to the one given here see omicron 40. [1] Other versions have Corinth and Corcyra.
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1423
Δούλων πόλις
slaves' city
… 197 Kock, now 212 Kassel-Austin). [1] Bernhardy felt that "a
proverb"
(paroimi/a) was out of place here, and suggested emending to paroiki/a ("a settlement"). The headword phrase does, nevertheless, appear in several of the …
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241
Εἰς δέον
needfully, to meet a need
… [2] For the historical incident which gave rise to this
proverb
see delta 243.
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444
Χωρὶς ἱππεῖς
cavalry away!
… and attacked. For this see Rhodes (below) 4. Such a
'proverb',
in any event, appears only here, i.e. not in any of the paroemiographers; and the headword phrase itself is otherwise attested only once …
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2287
Ἀνεπαρίασαν
they broke treaties like the Parians
… single word in the Greek. A fuller version of this
proverb
(Zenobius 2.21 and other paroemiographers) occurs in Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Paros, quoting Ephorus (FGrH 70 F63). The episode in question is the …
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767
Ἄθυρμα
plaything
… (web address 1 below) on Tryphon. [3] Quotation unidentifiable; a
proverb?
[4] Greek Anthology 6.37.3 (on an oak bough). The author is unknown. On this epigram, in which herdsmen have fashioned something out of …
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905
Ἀκμὴ καλεῖ
a moment is calling
[1] The headword is a
proverbial-sounding
phrase which, beyond this opening gloss (also in Photius and other lexica), is lost sight of in the entry which follows. It comes from Euripides, Hecuba 1042. [2] …
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1312
Ἀλογιστία
thoughtlessness
… 7, and the similar idea at epsilon 695. For the
proverb
"The die is cast" in military situations see alpha 2310, epsilon 3013. [3] Polybius fr. 6 Büttner-Wobst; see also kappa 894. [4] Polybius …
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