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Headword:
Palai
pot'
êsan
alkimoi
Milêsioi
Adler number: pi,61
Translated headword: once upon a time Milesians were strong
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to people once in their prime but now weak.
Greek Original:Palai pot' êsan alkimoi Milêsioi: epi tôn pote akmasantôn, nun de asthenôn ontôn.
Note:
The headword phrase quotes
Aristophanes,
Plutus [
Wealth] 1002 (web address 1), and the gloss probably derives from ancient comment on the line. In any event
Aristophanes himself was quoting something proverbial: see
eta 572.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: chronology; comedy; daily life; geography; history; politics; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 13 December 2000@03:42:36.
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