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Headword:
Alôpêx
ou
dôrodokeitai
Adler number: alpha,1391
Translated headword: a fox does not take bribes
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those not easily won over by bribes.[1]
Cratinus in
Laws [writes]: "each one of you is a fox who takes bribes"[2]
Greek Original:Alôpêx ou dôrodokeitai: epi tôn ou rhaidiôs dôrois peithomenôn. Kratinos Nomois: humôn heis men hekastos alôpêx dôrodokeitai.
Notes:
[1]
Zenobius 1.71. (Note, however, that in
Photius,
Lexicon alpha1088 Theodoridis, both proverb and gloss have no negative.)
[2]
Cratinus fr. 128 Kock, now 135 K.-A.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; economics; ethics; imagery; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 26 May 2000@14:18:54.
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