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Αἶνος
tale, story
[Meaning a]
proverbial
story. Or [intended as] praise, and encomium. There is a certain tale: how a man and not a man killed me, a bird and not a bird, but just the same …
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Charon
… useless, since a donkey's wool is not useful. And the
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is also uttered in the case of what is endless, just as we say "You are decorating a pot." Things in Hades go …
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