α2862Ἄπαγέ με εἰς τὰς λατομίας
take me away into the quarries
A proverb in reference to those not prepared to put up with what is unworthy. For they say that Philoxenus the dithyrambic poet was staying at the court of Dionysius the tyrant, and when the tyrant read out his…
Ἄπαγέ με εἰς τὰς λατομίας· παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν μὴ ὑποφερόντων τὰ ἀνάξια. φασὶ γὰρ ὅτι Φιλόξενος ὁ διθυραμβοποιὸς Διονυσίῳ τῷ τυράννῳ συνῆν. ἕωλα δὲ αὐτοῦ ποιήματα ἀναγινώσκοντος οὐκ…