Τί γὰρ δὴ

for what exactly

Translated by David Whitehead8 Dec 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

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[For what exactly] do they claim is common to a dolphin and an ox, and to both Sulla and philosophers?

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τί γὰρ δὴ δελφῖνι καὶ βοΐ φασι κοινὸν εἶναι, Σύλλᾳ τε καὶ φιλοσόφοις.

Betacode

*ti/ ga\r dh\ delfi=ni kai\ boi/+ fasi koino\n ei)=nai, *su/lla| te kai\ filoso/fois.

Aelian fr. 56d Domingo-Forasté, 53 Hercher (on Sulla's sacking of the temple at Alalkomenai in Boiotia); cf. HA 14.25 for the zoological part.
Taken to be proverbial by Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1372.

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