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Headword:
Chelidonôn
mouseia
Adler number: chi,187
Translated headword: swallows' museums
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who do foreign and barbarian things. For the [term] 'swallow' [is] applied to barbarians; for it implies 'Thracian swallow'. And in what follows: "where the swallow squawks around Thracian lands."[1] And
Euripides [writes]: "a mass of ivy was creeping up, a well-grown shoot, a swallows' museum."[2]
Greek Original:Chelidonôn mouseia: epi tôn barbara kai asuneta poiountôn. kai gar hê chelidôn epi tôn barbarôn: epipherei gar Thrêikiê chelidôn. kai en tois hexês: hou peribremetai Thrêikia chelidôn. kai Euripidês: polus d' aneirpe kissos, euphuês klados, chelidonôn mouseion.
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Keywords: botany; comedy; daily life; definition; ethics; geography; imagery; proverbs; tragedy; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 March 2008@11:41:46.
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