ε2348Ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦν
to sow for straw
There is a custom for farmers to leave the land idle for a year, so that the crops it nourishes are wholesome, and to prevent it becoming tired by annual effort on the seeds. Lysias in the speech In Reply to Tlepolemos,…
Ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦν· ἔθος ἐστὶ τοῖς γεωργοῖς παρ' ἐνιαυτὸν ἀργὴν καταλείπειν τὴν γῆν, ὅπως ἀκεραίους ἐκτρέφῃ τοὺς καρπούς, ὡς μὴ κατ' ἔτος τοῖς σπέρμασι πονοῖτο. Λυσίας ἐν τῷ πρὸς…