α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθός
the wage [is] worth taking
This [is in reference to] those trained for beauty, meaning something like this: "the wage is worthy, so that [one should] take it." It is in Cratinus. Homer was the first to use this figure: "for you shall be easier to…
Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθός· τοῦτο τῶν εἰς κάλλος ἠσκημένων σημαῖνον τοιόνδε τι· ἄξιός ἐστιν ὁ μισθὸς, ὥστε λαβεῖν αὐτόν. ἔστι δὲ παρὰ Κρατίνῳ. Ὅμηρος δὲ πρῶτον ἐχρήσατο τῷ σχήματι…