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- ε1150Ἐν γῇ πένεσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ πλουτοῦντα πλεῖνbetter to be a poor man on land than to make a voyage as a rich oneAntiphanes fr. 101 Kock, now 290 K.-A.; Diogenianus 4.83 and other paroemiographers. cf. eta 5.
- η5ἮI was, he was… address 3). [4] Homer, Iliad 14.108 (web address 4). [5] Antiphanes fr. 101 Kock, now 290 K.-A.; cf. epsilon 1150. This became proverbial: see Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.730. [6] A line from …
- κ1432Κεστρεῖςmullets… Kock (now 258 Kassel-Austin, Amipsias fr. 1 Kock (and K.-A.), Antiphanes fr. 138 Kock (136 K.-A.), Archippus fr. 12 Kock (and K.-A.), Aristophanes fr. 156 Kock (159 K.-A.), Diphilus fr. 54 Kock (53 K.-A.), …
- γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum… with evident pleasure many riddles from Greek comic playwrights (Alexis, Antiphanes, Diphilus, Eubulus) and elsewhere, and demonstrates the extraordinary literary and intellectual breadth required by this game. The griphos was included as one form …