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Headword:
Rhêginous
Adler number: rho,121
Translated headword: Rhegians
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] cowards; for
Xenarchus, the son of
Sophron the mime-writer, used to satirize the Rhegians as cowards - persuaded [to do this] by
Dionysius the tyrant.
And [there is] a proverb: 'more cowardly than a Rhegian', in reference to the excessively cowardly.[1]
Also [sc. attested is another proverb:] 'more cowardly than the peeper'.[2]
Greek Original:Rhêginous: tous deilous: Xenarchos gar, ho Sôphronos tou mênographou huios, ekômôidei tous Rhêginous hôs deilous, hupo Dionusiou tou turannou peistheis. kai paroimia: Rhêginou deiloteros, epi tôn kath' huperbolên deilôn. kai Deiloteros tou parakuptontos.
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Keywords: biography; comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; geography; history; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 24 April 2003@03:59:21.
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