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Krisamis
Adler number: kappa,2441
Translated headword: Krisamis, Crisamis
Vetting Status: high
Translation: of
Kos. This man was rich in livestock. The story goes that an eel seized the finest of his flock, and Krisamis killed it; he had a dream, in which he was told to bury it, but he paid no attention and perished with all his family.
Krisamis, Kôios. houtos ên poluthremmatos. toutôi phasin enchelun to [gar] kalliston tôn probatôn harpazein, kai ton Krisamin anelein autên: phainomenên de autôi onar, keleusai katathapsai autên: ton de mê phrontisanta pangenê apolesthai.
Notes:
Also in
Hesychius kappa4146;
Photius,
Lexicon kappa1100 Theodoridis (spelling the name Kriss-); and
Zenobius 4.64 (Kiss-).
For eels cf.
epsilon 174 (another proverb),
epsilon 175. If the present story is to be taken seriously, the creature in question must have been a moray or conger eel, making its attack on the seashore.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 2 June 2008@05:03:16.
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