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Headword: All' estin hêmin Megarikê tis mêchanê
Adler number: alpha,1081
Translated headword: but we have some Megarian contrivance
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Meaning a tricky, knavish contrivance. For the Megarians used to be criticized for knavery, [i.e.] saying some things, but doing others.
Greek Original:
All' estin hêmin Megarikê tis mêchanê: anti tou ponêra, panourgos mêchanê. dieballonto gar epi ponêriai hoi Megareis, alla men legontes, alla de poiountes.
Notes:
Aristophanes, Acharnians 738 (where "I have some Megarian contrivance" is spoken by an actual Megarian), with scholion.
cf. mu 385.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; ethics; geography; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 30 March 2000@23:49:42.
Vetted by:
William Hutton on 31 March 2000@10:12:37.
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