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Headword:
*)/onos
lu/ras
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 lu/ras: *me/nandros *yofodeei=. h( d' o(/lh paroimi/a, o)/nos lu/ras h)/koue kai\ sa/lpiggos u(=s. le/getai e)pi\ tw=n mh\ sugkatatiqeme/nwn mhde\ e)painou/ntwn. o(/ti *)ammwnianw=| tw=| grammatikw=| sumbe/bhken o)/non kekth=sqai, sofi/as a)kroath/n. kai\ zh/tei e)n tw=| *)ammwniano/s.
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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