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Headword: Nous ouk eni Kentauroisi
Adler number: nu,525
Translated headword: there is no sense among Centaurs
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A proverb in reference to impossible and senseless things.[1]
And a variant: "there is no sense in your locks, when you think I am not in my right mind; but me, this drivel of mine is deliberate".[2]
Greek Original:
Nous ouk eni Kentauroisi: paroimia epi tôn adunatôn kai anoêtôn tattomenê. kai allôs: nous ouk eni tais komais humôn, hote m' ou phronein nomizet', egô d' hekôn taut' êlithiazô.
Notes:
[1] Likewise in Photius (nu265 Theodoridis), and cf. already Hesychius nu683; Apostolius 12.12 and other paroemiographers. See also under Teleclides fr. 45 Kock, now 49 K.-A.
[2] Demos (to the chorus of rich, well-coiffured young horsemen) in Aristophanes, Knights 1121-1124 (web address 1); cf. eta 221.
Associated internet address:
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Keywords: clothing; comedy; daily life; mythology; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 September 2003@07:39:38.
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William Hutton (added link, set status) on 28 September 2003@16:44:14.
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