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Headword:
Panth'
homoia
kai
Rhodôpis
hê
kalê
Adler number: pi,191
Translated headword: all things alike -- even beautiful Rhodopis
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Rhodopis was a courtesan. So the saying refers to those who lost a lot of money, seeing the difference of the [sc. cost of] intercourse [with her] by comparison with the other women.
Greek Original:Panth' homoia kai Rhodôpis hê kalê: hê Rhodôpis hetaira egeneto. tous oun polu apolesantas argurion, to diaphoron tês mixeôs pros tas allas gunaikas sunorôntas, epiphônein to legomenon.
Notes:
(Entry lacking, Adler reports, in ms F.)
A more pointed gloss on the proverb than the one given at
alpha 2897 and
rho 210.
Keywords: biography; daily life; economics; gender and sexuality; proverbs; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 1 December 2000@17:33:33.
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