Σύροι πρὸς Φοίνικας
Syrians to Phoenicians
Translated by David Whitehead17 Dec 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[sc. This proverbial phrase is used because] each of these peoples have been criticized for bad behavior; or because every time they are at odds with one another there is never a reliable resolution.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σύροι πρὸς Φοίνικας· ἑκάτερα τὰ ἔθνη διαβέβληται ὡς πανοῦργα· ἢ ὅτι ἑκάστοτε δι' ἔχθρας ἀλλήλοις ὄντα οὐδέποτε πιστῶς διαλλάττεται.
Betacode
*su/roi pro\s *foi/nikas: e(ka/tera ta\ e)/qnh diabe/blhtai w(s panou=rga: h)\ o(/ti e(ka/stote di' e)/xqras a)llh/lois o)/nta ou)de/pote pistw=s dialla/ttetai.
Notes
- Likewise in Photius, taken to come from Pausanias the Atticist. Proverbial in Apostolius 15.71, etc.
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