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α1355Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔνεστι συκοφάντου δήγματοςbut 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.Matched in noteshighmedium
α4101Ἀρχὴ ΣκυρίαSkyrian 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. …Matched in noteshighshort
β367Βολίτου δίκηνcase of a cow-pat… by the cow-pats" (cf. beta 366) occurs. See also Appendix Proverbiorum 1.58. [1] This explanation is noteworthy in pointing to the severity of Solon's, rather than Draco's, laws; contrast e.g. Plutarch, Solon 17.

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Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔνεστι συκοφάντου δήγματος

but it does not have [a charm] against an informer's bite

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to ineffectual things. It leaves out the [word] "charm". The attendant says in character that there is no spell on the ring that serves as an antidote for the bite of the informer;…

Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔνεστι συκοφάντου δήγματος· ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνηνύτων. λείπει δὲ τὸ φάρμακον. λέγει δὲ ἐν ἤθει ὁ θεράπων, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι τις ἐν τῷ δακτυλίῳ ἐπῳδή, ὃ φάρμακον πρὸς δῆγμα συκοφάντου·…

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β460Βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώττηςan ox on the tongueLikewise in Hesychius, Zenobius 2.70, and elsewhere. This proverb is used by, amongst others, Theognis, verse 815, and Aeschylus, Agamemnon 36 (text at web address 1). Only the first of the explanations given has …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1684Ἐξέχειν τὸν ἥλιονthe sun to shine out… Pollux 9.123, Hesychius epsilon3821. [1] Not, however, in the standard proverb-collections. [2] Aristophanes fr. 389 Kock (404 K.-A.). [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 771-2 (with 'will be'): web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

δ273Δεσμοὶ ΤυρρηνοίEtruscan chains, Etruscan fetters… Hesychius, whose (mysterious) gloss is 'the ones [the] Athenians used'. Proverbial in Apostolius 5.97, with the same glossing as here. In Appendix Proverbiorum 1.96 a second sentence of explanation is added: 'applied to those …Matched in noteshighshort

β60ΒάκχυριςBakchuris, Bocchuris, Bokchyris… but Bo- elsewhere, e.g. Diodorus Siculus 1.94-95. For it as proverbial, in any event, see Zenobius 2.20 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

β587ΒύβλονByblian… implicit in "all"? [3] cf. Zenobius 2.73 (omitting 'big'). The proverb itself is an iambic trimeter.Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1423Δούλων πόλιςslaves' 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α292Ἀγόμενος διὰ φρατέρων κύων μαστιγοῦταιa dog led through phratry-members is whipped… 693, phi 694, and generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.1141-2). As a proverb (cf. Macarius Chrysocephalus 1.15) the phrase presumably concerns admission to phratries and the exposure of fraudulent attempts at this.Matched in noteshighshort

α1352Ἀλλ' οὐ διὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ ποδὶ πρὸς τὴν λύραν ἀμετρίαν τρίανbut not through the disproportion in the foot for the lyre… headword phrase comes from Plato (or ps-Plato), Clitopho 407C. Its proverbial status, implied by the present gloss, is not borne out by inclusion in the paroemiographic collections, but see Plutarch, Moralia 439C and 534C.Matched in noteshighshort

α3903ἈριστείδηςAristides, Aristeides… requires it to be construed differently, as a species of proverb: "worthy of Miltiades and Aristeides".Matched in noteshighmedium

α4491Αὐτοδίκῃby independent jurisdiction[1] (cf. alpha 4509.) Likewise in other lexica; also (eventually) proverbial. [2] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v. au)todikei=n. [3] Dinarchus fr. LXVI.2 Conomis.Matched in noteshighshort

β11Βαβυλωνία κάμινοςBabylonian oven… The story is frequently cited by Christian authors to refer, proverbially, to endurance in the face of persecution. Azarias, an alternative name for Abednego, appears at alpha 581.Matched in noteshighshort

δ243Δέονnecessary… 1974) 92 n.64. The remark 'necessary', 'for necessary purposes', became proverbial: see epsiloniota 241. For Perikles see generally delta 451, pi 1179, pi 1180, pi 1181; for the bare bones of his career see …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1294Ἔνηthe day after tomorrow; the old… Cf. delta 1205. [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 410 (later proverbial). On the form of the headword see epsilon 1325. At line 770 Hesiod uses it in its other sense for the end of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1428Ἐν Πυθίῳ κρεῖττον ἦν ἀποπατῆσαιit would have been better to relieve oneself in the PythionAppendix Proverbiorum 2.66. For the polite tone of the verb a)popath=sai see J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 102; however, other versions (e.g. Hesychius and Photius) have the cruder xe/sai, 'to shit'. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2961Ἐρήμη δίκηdeserted lawsuit… occurs. [2] Also (unglossed) in Photius, Lexicon epsilon1911; and, again, proverbial. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.) [4] Linked by Gaisford, says Adler, with Greek Anthology 6.217.2 (e)rhmai/hn ... spila/da).Matched in noteshighshort

ε3228Ἔστι τις δίκης ὀφθαλμόςthere is an eye of justice which mere mortals should never despise… headword quotes Polybius 23.10.3, where this phrase is called a proverb; cf. delta 1096. For other appearances of it -- most directly Diphilus fr. 136 K.-A. (formerly Philemon fr. 246 Kock) -- see Walbank …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3234Ἐστρατήγησε μετ' Ἐρασινάδουhe served as general with Erasinades… 1021. [1] The phrase is not independently attested as a proverb (as this phrase implies). [2] Son of the famous bearer of that name: see under pi 1178.Matched in noteshighshort