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Headword:
Onos
luras
Adler number: omicron,391
Translated headword: a donkey to a lyre
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Menander in
Psophodees [uses the phrase].[1] The complete proverb [is]: "a donkey was listening to a lyre and a pig to a trumpet". It is said of those who do not express agreement or praise.
Ammonianus the grammarian happened to acquire a donkey as an audience for his wisdom. Look under 'Ammonianus'.[2]
Greek Original:Onos luras: Menandros Psophodeei. hê d' holê paroimia, onos luras êkoue kai salpingos hus. legetai epi tôn mê sunkatatithemenôn mêde epainountôn. hoti Ammônianôi tôi grammatikôi sumbebêken onon kektêsthai, sophias akroatên. kai zêtei en tôi Ammônianos.
Notes:
The first paragraph of this entry is also in
Photius (omicron355 Theodoridis, with other references there).
[1]
Menander fr. 527 Kock (418 K.-A.); cf.
Misoumenos 295 Sandbach = 696 Arnott. Compare
omicron 384,
omicron 385, and see generally Tosi [cited under
alpha 378] no.1934.
[2] [
alpha 1639] Ammonianus.
Translated by: Malcolm Heath on 4 September 2003@14:35:26.
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