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Δηλίου κολυμβητοῦ
Delian diver
This [sc.
proverbial
phrase] was uttered in reference to a book of Heraclitus, because it was hard to understand, that it needed a Delian diver who would not be drowned in it. Some entitle …
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352
Δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς Αἰγύπτιοι
Egyptians (are) clever at crafting machines
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who are exceedingly knavish; for the Egyptians [were] such people. And Homer [writes]: "a terrible gale." Such as, famous Hippodameia.
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1096
Δίκης ὀφθαλμός
eye of justice
"[...] with the result that everyone acknowledged that, as the
proverb
says, 'there is an eye of justice', which mere mortals [must] never despise".
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748
Διασείστους
shaken
… [4]), perhaps in allusion to the gods above and the
proverb,
"For only the dice of a god always fall well" (Sophocles fr. 895P = 809N; cf. alpha 607).
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1282
Διοίσειν
to bear through, to differ
… pithy sayings from Aristophanes that do not obviously qualify as
proverbs.
See e.g. delta 1168, epsilon 3234, nu 597. [An allusion to this verse may perhaps be seen in Menander fr. 304 Koerte (in …
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1504
Δραπέτης κλῆρος
runaway lot
… points out that the "runaway lot" was probably a traditional,
proverbial
trick. [1] Cratinus wrote a comedy of this name (frs. 53-68 PCG vol.4, p.147ff.), probably about the women of Sybaris. The present addendum …
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