αι76Αἰγυπτία κληματίς
Egyptian vine-branch.
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to lean and fairly tall men; such a man was Zeno of Citium. It is said that he consulted the oracle to learn how he might live the best life, and that the god's answer was that he…
Αἰγυπτία κληματίς· ἐπὶ τῶν ἰσχνῶν καὶ ὑπομήκων· ὁποῖος ἦν Ζήνων ὁ Κιτιεύς. ὅν φασι χρηστηριαζόμενον πῶς ἄριστα βιώσεται, ἀποκρίνασθαι τὸν θεόν, εἰ συγχρωτίζοιτο τοῖς νεκροῖς. ὅθεν…