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Headword:
Akron
labe
kai
meson
hexeis
Adler number: alpha,1011
Translated headword: seize the extremity and you will have the mean
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to things that are mysterious and difficult to understand.
Greek Original:Akron labe kai meson hexeis: epi tôn dusphrastôn kai dusnoêtôn.
Note:
Abridged from
Zenobius 1.57, who provides an aetiological explanation (from an oracle about the foundation of Aigina [
Myth,
Place]:
alphaiota 53).
Keywords: aetiology; daily life; geography; history; proverbs; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 March 2000@23:34:35.
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