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Ἀντρῶνες
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… From Photius, and also in some of the paroemiographers; originally
Pherecrates
fr. 15 Kock, now 16 K.-A.
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Αἴρειν ἔξω πόδα πηλοῦ
to lift one's foot out of the mud
… [2] Aristophanes, Peace 1; quoted already at alphaiota 280. [3]
Pherecrates
fr. 137 Kock (now 145 K.-A.); cf. phi 212. [4] Menander fr. 273 Kock (239 K.-Th., 209 K.-A.) & fr. 451 Kock (385 …
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Ἐποποῖ
epopoi (in hoopoe-ese)
… a carrier pigeon (known in Athens by this time: cf.
Pherecrates
fr. 33 Kock (now 38 K.-A.), from the Graes, "Send off a pigeon announcing the message"), and the line imitates its excited cooing. …
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