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Headword:
Adakrus
polemos
Adler number: alpha,422
Translated headword: tearless war, war without tears
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who succeed in their affairs without any risk and with great ease and against expectation.
Greek Original:Adakrus polemos: epi tôn exô pantos kindunou kai rhaista kai par' elpidas ta pragmata katorthountôn.
Notes:
Zenobius 1.28 and other paroemiographers.
For the phrase in its literal military sense see
Diodorus Siculus 15.72 (the priestess at
Dodona foretells such a war for the Spartans against the Arkadians in 368 BCE);
Plutarch,
Agesilaos 33 (with "battle" rather than "war") on the same event.
cf.
alpha 423.
Keywords: daily life; definition; ethics; historiography; history; imagery; military affairs; proverbs; women
Translated by: William Hutton on 31 October 2000@12:20:15.
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