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Muskellos
Adler number: mu,1473
Translated headword: Myskellos, Myscellus
Vetting Status: high
Translation: This man, when an oracle had been delivered, considered health worth more than wealth. This was the oracle: "Having a populace to inhabit a land and a city you came to inquire of Phoibos which land to go to; but come on, think: which of these boons would you choose: to have wealth in possessions or very delightful health?" When they heard this
Archias chose wealth - and indeed the Syracusans [are] wealthy - but Myskellos chose health, and the Crotoniates are hearty.
Greek Original:Muskellos: houtos chrêsmou dothentos, tên hugeian tou ploutou prokrinei. ho de chrêsmos houtos: chôrês kai poleôs oikêtora laon echontes, êlthet' erêsomenoi Phoibon, tina gaian hikêsthe: all' age dê phrazesth', agathôn poteron ken heloisthe, plouton echein kteanôn ê terpnotatên hugieian. kai akousantes ho men Archias plouton haireitai: plousioi goun hoi Surakousioi: ho de Muskellos hugeian: kai eisin errômenoi hoi Krotôniatai.
Notes:
An abridged version of the story told at
alpha 4104 (
Aelian fr. 346 Hercher).
For another anecdote involving this Myskellos, see
mu 1474.
Keywords: aetiology; biography; economics; ethics; geography; historiography; history; medicine; meter and music; poetry; politics; religion
Translated by: William Hutton on 25 November 2009@23:13:25.
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