ε3348Ἐοίκασι τοῖς ἐκ Πύλου ληφθεῖσι τοῖς Λακωνικοῖς
they look like those taken out of Pylos -- the Lakonians
A saying in reference to those who are looking pale and wasted. Pylos [is] a place in Lakonike, where Kleon served as general and took the prisoners from Sphakteria. So it is likely that these men, because of the fear…
Ἐοίκασι τοῖς ἐκ Πύλου ληφθεῖσι τοῖς Λακωνικοῖς· παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν ὠχριώντων καὶ ἰσχνῶν. Πύλος δὲ χωρίον τῆς Λακωνικῆς, ἔνθα Κλέων στρατηγήσας τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους ἀπὸ Σφακτηρίας…