κ149Κακὴ μὲν ὄψις
face [is] bad
A clause of a proverbial saying. "The face [is] bad, but in [= behind] [it are] cowardly thoughts". Menander [uses the phrase] in Sicyonian.
Κακὴ μὲν ὄψις· κόμμα παροιμίας. κακὴ μὲν ὄψις, ἐν δὲ δειλαῖαι φρένες. Μένανδρος Σικυωνίῳ.
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