Τοῦ Διὸς τὸ σάνδαλον

Zeus's sandal

Translated by David Whitehead12 Jun 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

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[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to [people proffering] something supposed to be big. Eupolis in Golden Age [sc. uses the phrase].¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τοῦ Διὸς τὸ σάνδαλον· ἐπὶ τῶν ὡς μέγα δή τι· Εὔπολις Χρυσῷ γένει.

Betacode

*tou= *dio\s to\ sa/ndalon: e)pi\ tw=n w(s me/ga dh/ ti: *eu)/polis *xrusw=| ge/nei.

Same entry in Photius; and cf. Apostolius 17.11, with a full version of the gloss. See also Pollux 7.86.
For sandals cf. under iota 770.
1Eupolis fr. 295 Kock (312 K.-A.). ↩

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