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Ἀπὸ μηχανῆς
from a machine
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to unexpected and unbelievable things. For the tragic poets, when they brought onto the stage a bold move designed to make the spectators disturbed at the things that …
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Διονύσια
Dionysia
… Many quotations of Aristophanes in the Suda are introduced as
'proverbs'
(paroimiai), even if they would be better described as “pithy sayings”: cf. e.g. delta 1282, epsilon 3234, nu 597. It is possible that …
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Ἄϊδος κυνῆ
Hades' dog-skin [helmet]
… for my sake the shadow-shaggy Hades helmet from Hieronymos." The
proverb
was [sc. originally] said about those who are invisible. But now about those who grow their hair exceedingly long. For this Hieronymos was …
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Ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃ
a wineskin in a frost
… wherefore they were called "wineskin-bearers" [a)skofo/roi]. And [there is] a
proverb:
"to be spooked by a little wineskin" [a)skw=| mormolu/ttesqai], in reference to those who are frightened absurdly and for no good reason. Also …
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Βατράχειον
frog-green
… to Aristophanes, Knights 1406, where the word occurs. [3] This
(proverbial?)
phrase is not otherwise attested.
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410
Χορός
chorus, orchestra
… on this verse. [2] Scholion on Aristophanes, Knights 589. (Not
proverbial,
despite this billing.)
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414
Χοροῖσι τῶν τραγῳδιῶν ἄχθεται
he is grieved at the choruses of the tragedians
… 787. The rephrasing and presentation of this quotation as a
proverb
is not, however, reflected either in the scholia or in the paroemiographers.
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