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Headword:
Hudran
temneis
Adler number: upsilon,58
Translated headword: you are cutting off a hydra
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to things that are hopeless; because in cutting off a hydra Herakles failed to master it, with more heads sprouting up again.
Greek Original:Hudran temneis: epi tôn amêchanôn eirêtai: par' hoson Hêraklês hudran temnôn ouden mallon ekratei, anadidomenôn authis pleionôn kephalôn.
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Keywords: daily life; geography; medicine; mythology; philosophy; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 8 December 2002@05:55:18.
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