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Headword:
Bolitou
dikên
Adler number: beta,367
Translated headword: case of a cow-pat
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase directed] toward those undertaking lawsuits over trivia. For the law of
Solon punishes even those filching a cow-pat.[1]
Greek Original:Bolitou dikên: pros tous epi mikrois dikas hupechontas. ho gar Solônos nomos kai tous boliton huphelomenous kolazei.
Notes:
From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Knights 658 (web address 1), where the the phrase "I was overcome by the cow-pats" (cf.
beta 366) occurs.
See also
Appendix Proverbiorum 1.58.
[1] This explanation is noteworthy in pointing to the severity of
Solon's, rather than Draco's, laws; contrast e.g.
Plutarch,
Solon 17.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: aetiology; biography; comedy; daily life; ethics; law; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 20 October 2000@05:01:13.
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