δ1395Δόρυ κηρύκειον
a spear as a herald's wand
A proverb in reference to those who encourage and threaten at the same time. The Gephyraeans on whom the Athenians had imposed a tithe for Delphi received this response [from the oracle]: "to a Gephyraean man a house…
Δόρυ κηρύκειον· παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν ἅμα παρακαλούντων καὶ ἀπειλούντων. οἱ δεκατευθέντες εἰς Δελφοὺς ὑπ' Ἀθηναίων Γεφυραῖοι λαβόντες χρησμόν· ἀνδρὶ Γεφυραίῳ φίλος οἶκος· ἀκολουθοῦντες…