α277Ἀγνοεῖ δ' ἀράχνη παῖδας ὡς παιδεύεται
a spider knows not how she educates her children.
[A spider knows not how she educates her children.] For having nurtured them she has died at the hands of her dearest ones. [Sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those who look after something against their own…
Ἀγνοεῖ δ' ἀράχνη παῖδας ὡς παιδεύεται. θρέψασα γὰρ τέθνηκε πρὸς τῶν φιλτάτων· ἐπὶ τῶν καθ' ἑαυτῶν τι πραγματευομένων.