δ110Δαιδάλου ποιήματα
Daidalos' creations, Daedalus' creations
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those pursuing skills with exactitude. [It arose] because the old craftsmen used to make the eyes closed, but Daidalos opened them, and spread the feet. And Homer says:…
Δαιδάλου ποιήματα· ἐπὶ τῶν ἀκριβούντων τὰς τέχνας. ἐπειδὴ οἱ παλαιοὶ δημιουργοὶ συμμεμυκότας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐποίουν, ὁ δὲ Δαίδαλος ἀνεπέτασεν αὐτοὺς καὶ τοὺς πόδας διέστησε. καὶ…