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αι382Αἱ Οἰδίποδος ἀραίthe curses of OedipusDiogenianus 2.51 On the well-known misfortunes of Oedipus, see omicroniota 34.Matched in noteshighshort
ι563Ἱππόλυτον μιμήσομαιI will copy Hippolytus(Entry out of alphabetical order.) cf. Diogenianus 5.32 and other paroemiographers. Hippolytus/Hippolytos, son of Theseus, became a byword for self-control by resisting the amorous advances of his stepmother Phaedra. See further OCD(4) s.v. Hippolytus(1).Matched in noteshighshort
ε1368Ἔνθ' οὔτε μίμνειν ἀνέμους οὔτ' ἐκπλεῖν ἐᾷthe wind allows neither staying there nor sailing out[1] Diogenianus 4.88, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1129. [2] Aeschylus fr. 250 (with the nominative singular a)/nemos, not the Suda's ungrammatical accusative plural).Matched in noteshighshort
α493Ἀδμήτου μέλος καὶ ἉρμοδίουAdmetos' song and Harmodios'cf. Diogenianus 2.68 (and other paroemiographers), where it is clearer than it is here that no single song encompassing both these individuals is meant. "Skolia" were songs sung in turn by guests at a …Matched in noteshighshort
αι376Αἰτναῖος κάνθαροςEtnaean dung-beetle… 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 3898. For Etna cf. alphaiota 373, alphaiota …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2183Κουρήτων στόμαKouretes' mouthSuch a proverb is cited in Zenobius 4.61, Diogenianus (Mazarin ms.) 5.60, and Apostolius 9.95, as well as in Hesychius kappa3848. The present gloss is from Zenobius, though oi(=on "as in" appears there instead …Matched in noteshighshort
η689Ἢ χρὴ τραγῳδεῖν ἢ μελαγχολᾶνone must either make tragedy or be melancholic… (now 826 K.-A.), with pa/ntas after the first infinitive; cf. Diogenianus 5.13, Mantissa Proverbiorum 1.67. Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1763, including Horace's well-known Latin version (Aut insanit homo aut versus facit -- not …Matched in noteshighshort
αι8Αἰάντειος γέλωςAiantean laughter, Ajax's laughter… adjective *ai)a/nteios ('Ajax's') cf. theta 567. [1] = Zenobius 1.43, Diogenianus 1.41, etc. [2] The phrase is found as an example of the use of the adjective in Theognostus 751.4. Adler also cites Lexicon …Matched in noteshighshort
α607Ἀείalways… 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 'triple six'; cf. omicroniota 106, tau …Matched in noteshighshort
α3668Ἀπώλεσας τὸν οἶνον ἐπιχέας ὕδωρyou ruined the wine by pouring in watercf. Diogenianus 2.32 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2205. [1] On Aristias of Phleious (C5 BCE) see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.154); this is his fr. 4 Nauck. On the Peripatetic philosopher …Matched in noteshighshort
α2190Ἀνδρὸς γέροντος ἀσταφὶς τὸ κρανίονan old man's head is a dried grape[1] Zenobius 1.96. This proverb recurs at alpha 4223. [2] Diogenianus 1.78 & 86. [3] Zenobius 1.90. This proverb (Euripides fr.799a Snell) recurs at epsilon 586, omicroniota 72, and upsilon 300. See generally Tosi …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machinecf. Diogenianus 2.84 and other paroemiographers; also the scholia to Plato, Clitophon 470A (and other scholia). For the proverbiality of the phrase see also e.g. Demosthenes 40.59: "Timocrates alone, as if from a machine, …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3756Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύεινpainful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senseless… of a gnomic couplet of Theognis; registered as proverbial by Diogenianus (2.90) and other paroemiographers. [2] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.471, where a)rgale/on occurs. [3] Lejeune (below) 151 accepts this etymology, as …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1389Κέρδος αἰσχύνης ἄμεινονadvantage is better than dishonour… to the corner". Fragment taken up by collectors of proverbs (Diogenianus 5.42, Zenobius 4.67, Macarius Chrysocephalus 5.13, Michael Apostolius 9.68). The proverb is vaguely connected to the passage from Sophocles discussed next. [1] An …Matched in noteshighshort
λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… Aelius Dionysius lambda8, Hesychius lambda789, Photius lambda220 Theodoridis, Zenobius 4.89, [Diogenianus] 6.8, Gregorius 2.67 Apostolius 10.64. The locus classicus for the phrase, apart from the Sophocles passage quoted below, is Plato, Charmides 154B (web …Matched in noteshighshort

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