αι45Αἰγιεῖς οὔτε τρεῖς οὔτε τέσσαρες
Aigians (are) neither three nor four
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to the excessively paltry. For the Aigians in Argos [Myth, Place], after they had beaten the Aitolians, asked the Pythia who were [the best of Greeks]. She responded to them:…
Αἰγιεῖς οὔτε τρεῖς οὔτε τέσσαρες· ἐπὶ τῶν ἄγαν εὐτελῶν. οἱ γὰρ ἐν Ἄργει Αἰγιεῖς νικήσαντες Αἰτωλοὺς ἠρώτων τὴν Πυθίαν, τίνες εἶεν. ἀνεῖλε δὲ αὐτοῖς· Αἰγιεῖς οὔτε τρεῖς οὔτε…
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