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κ1189Καιρόςopportune time[1] In fact Sophocles (as, Adler reports, in ms B), Electra 75-6, with scholion; cf. epsilon 3615. [2] An extra, general observation on the above. It is not from the Sophoclean scholion; rather, from …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… 10.64. The locus classicus for the phrase, apart from the Sophocles passage quoted below, is Plato, Charmides 154B (web address 1). While one might suppose that the phrase refers to a line dusted with …Matched in noteshighshort
α1825Ἀναγκαία τράπεζαnecessary table, needy table… of the quotations given, sounds proverbial; cf. alpha 4543. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 485-6 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. [3] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 59 Habrich.

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Aristophanes [writes]: "for [the] opportune time, which for men is the greatest chairman of every deed." He means that the opportune time is the timely and most/very useful [thing] for each activity: where even serious…

Καιρός· Ἀριστοφάνης· καιρὸς γάρ, ὅσπερ ἀνδράσι μέγιστος ἔργου παντὸς ἔστ' ἐπιστάτης. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐφ' ἑκάστου πράγματος τὸ καίριον καὶ χρησιμώτατον ὁ καιρός ἐστιν· ὅπου καὶ τὰ…

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α651Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦςnightingale, songstress… a nightingale with misshapen wings enfolding a tiny body'. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 629-634 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. [3] cf. omicron 828. [4] Sophocles, Electra 147-9 (web address 2, …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… in the (slightly abridged) quotation describing the courage of Ajax: Sophocles, Ajax 1285-87 (web address 1). Late sources (Apollodorus 2.8.4; Pausanias 4.3.3) tell of how Cresphontes (kappa 2377), Temenus and the sons of Aristodemus …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ425Κάρταcertainlycf. generally kappa 423, kappa 424. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 554b-5 (web address 1). The first part of this quotation (to\ mh\ fronei=n...kako/n, line 554b) is also present in the mss of Sophocles, but is …Matched in noteshighshort

χ477υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλόςmoney money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never noble… see also pi 1450. This quotation and the one from Sophocles which follow seem to be tenuously connected with the rest of the entry. The only association is that they contain instances of the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α328Ἀγωνάρχαιcontest-judges[1] Sophocles, Ajax 572-3 (web address 1 below); again at lambda 839. [2] (Also in the paroemiographers, e.g. Apostolius 1.25.) Possibly Contest, the divine personification of the agon (cf. Pausanias 5.26.3), though the apparently …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθόςthe wage [is] worth taking… 1 below). [3] Homer, Iliad 12.63 (web address 2). [4] "Sophocles" is a mistake (also in the Synagoge); this is Euripides, Medea 319-320. See web address 3. [5] Zenobius 2.4. Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3580ΕὐμενίδεςEumenides… the scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.454; cf. epsilon 2994. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 39-42, preceded here by material from the scholia to line 42 there. (Philemon = fr. 217 Kock, now 180 Kassel-Austin.) …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3869Ἐφ' ἑστίαςat the hearth… proverbial: see Appendix Proverbiorum 1.43 and the other paroemiographers. [2] Sophocles, Electra 419-420 (web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

χ9Χαλάσω τὴν ἱερὰν ἄγκυρανI will loose the holy anchor… other paroemiographers. See also under alpha 4613, kappa 1642. [1] Sophocles fr.685 (of children). [2] Euripides, Hecuba [Hekabe] 80. [3] Diodorus Siculus fr.12 Walton (64 Dindorf), of unknown location.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… or pastiche of tragic laments (cf. its later use at Sophocles, Philoctetes 743, 790). See also iota 56. Modern texts read the same phrase twice: a)ttatai\ a)ttatai/. The prefix para- is used in Byzantine …Matched in noteshighlong

κ1389Κέρδος αἰσχύνης ἄμεινονadvantage is better than dishonour… 9.68). The proverb is vaguely connected to the passage from Sophocles discussed next. [1] An approximation of Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 889-894 (web address 1): "if he does not gain his advantage fairly, but works …Matched in noteshighshort

α249Ἀγκώνelbow… [4] Artemidorus 1.74; cf. omicron 349. [5] Quotation unidentifiable. [6] Sophocles, Ajax 805-6 (web address 2); the first adjective is garbled here. [7] cf. Mantissa Proverbiorum 3.31 and the quotation which follows here. [8] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α597ἈζησίαAzesia… Demeter who has the name Azesia in a fragment of Sophocles (981 Pearson, cited by LSJ s.v.[web address 1]); cf. Zenobius 4.20. Kalamaia was a festival of Demeter and Persephone at Eleusis (LSJ s.v.).Matched in noteshighshort

α607Ἀείalways… Chalcedon, not to the one from Tyana (alpha 3420). [3] Sophocles fr. 809; cf. Zenobius 2.44, Diogenianus 1.58; Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.116. [4] So the transmitted text, but it should probably read …Matched in noteshighshort

α749Ἄθως καλύπτει πλευρὰ Λημνίας βοόςAthos conceals the flank of a Lemnian cowA differently-worded version of this proverb was given by Sophocles, fr. 776 Pearson (= 709 Radt): *)/aqws skia/zei nw=ta *lhmni/as boo/s, "Athos shades the back of a Lemnian cow". LSJ (s.v. Athos; web address …Matched in noteshighshort

α1019Ἀκροσφαλεῖςprecarious[1] See already alpha 1018. [2] Sophocles, Philoctetes 502-506 (web address 1); cf. theta 61. This quotation does not contain the headword of this entry, but has some vague connection to it in sense.Matched in noteshighshort

α1073Ἀλλ' ἅπαν γένοιτ' ἂν ἤδηbut now anything might happen… strike you; all kinds of trickery attend the unseen") and Sophocles fr. 138 Nauck ("For in every stone a scorpion stands guard"). For another satirical theriomorphisation of ancient Athenian politicians -- this time as …Matched in noteshighshort

α1144<20Ἀλλ' ἔστ' ἀληθὴς ἡ βροτῶν παροιμία ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶραbut it is true, the saying of men: gifts of enemies are no gifts, and not profitable[1] Sophocles, Ajax 665. [2] epsilon 4028; see also alpha 519.Matched in noteshighshort

α3770Ἀργείους ὁρᾷςyou see Argives… at Argives -- cf. alpha 3771). Additionally, the App.Prov. quotes Sophocles fr.201h (from the Eriphyle), where the phrase seems to originate.Matched in noteshighshort

α4096Ἀρχὴ ἄνδρα δείκνυσινoffice exposes a man… is a cut-down version of the one in Harpokration, where Sophocles (among his elegies: fr.2 West) is cited for the attribution to Solon. The Aristotle reference is to Nicomachean Ethics 1130a1; for Theophrastus, fr.737 …Matched in noteshighshort

αι359Αἰσχύνη πόλεως πολίτου ἁμαρτίαthe citizen's error (is) the city's disgrace… C15 paroemiographer Michael Apostolius (1.70); note also the scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 929: the phrase su\ d' a)ci/an ou)k ou)=san ai)sxu/neis po/lin there prompts the comment ai)sxu/nh de\ patri/dos poli/tou a(marti/a; and …Matched in noteshighshort

αι376Αἰτναῖος κάνθαροςEtnaean dung-beetle[1] The headword phrase occurs in (e.g.) fragments of Sophocles and Aristophanes: see LSJ s.v. ka/nqaros; cf. Diogenianus 1.59 and other paroemiographers. [2] Aelian fr. 215b Domingo-Forasté (214 Hercher). For Aristaios see already alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

δ748Διασείστουςshaken… "For only the dice of a god always fall well" (Sophocles fr. 895P = 809N; cf. alpha 607).Matched in noteshighshort

ε1489Ἐν τριόδῳ εἰμὶ λογισμῶνI am at a crossroads in my calculations… (cf. Oedipus' murder of his father 'where three wagon-tracks meet': Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 716).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2995Ἐριννύων ἀπορρώξFuries' limb, Furies' off-shoot… the form of the gloss implies) cf. Apostolius 3.38. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 1034. [3] epsilon 3580, epsilon 3581. (And see also epsilon 2994.)Matched in noteshighshort

ε3238Ἐς ὕδωρ γράφεινto write on water… 6.80, etc. Literary references to this proverb include ones in Sophocles (fr. 811 Radt) and Plato (Phaedrus 276C); cf. also Catullus 70.3-4 (mulier cupido quod dicit amanti ...rapida scribere oportet aqua). See generally Tosi …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3248Ἔσχατα ἐσχάτων κακὰ διαπέπρακταιevils ultimate of ultimates have been perpetrated… is e)/sxata e)sxa/twn kaka/, 'evils ultimate of ultimates' (deriving from Sophocles, Philoctetes 65) -- evils that can be either inflicted, as here, or suffered. For the former cf. Aelius Aristides, In response to Plato …Matched in noteshighshort

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