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α1303Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷthere is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him… 1965, 197-98). When Cratinus (fr. 6 Kock and Kassel-Austin) calls Archilochus "the marinade of Thasos", who 'bow wows' (bau/zei, of the snarling or barking of an angry dog), it seems certain that he refers …Matched in noteshighshort

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Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷ

there is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him

[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to the sour and unpleasant [man].

Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷ· ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀγλευκοῦς καὶ ἀηδοῦς.