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Headword: *xa/rac th\n a)/mpelon
Adler number: chi,97
Translated headword: a stake (deceived) the vine
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial phrase used] when something being preserved is harmed by the thing preserving it.
Greek Original:
*xa/rac th\n a)/mpelon: o(/tan u(po\ tou= sw/|zontos to\ sw|zo/menon pa/qh|.
Notes:
Zenobius 6.40. From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 1291 (web address 1), where the point is explicit: "the stake deceived the vine" (of the retaliation of Aristophanes himself against Kleon).
cf. eta 672, epsilon 1740; and see also chi 96, end, and cf. generally chi 98.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; botany; comedy; daily life; ethics; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 25 November 2001@11:33:03.
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