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Headword:
All'
hepou
chôras
tropois
Adler number: alpha,1142
Translated headword: but follow a country's ways
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial saying arising] because it is necessary to imitate the customs of each country in which one may be.
Greek Original:All' hepou chôras tropois: hoti dei chôras hekastês, en hêi an tis genêtai, mimeisthai ta ethê.
Notes:
cf.
Macarius 1.89, etc.; Tosi (cited under
alpha 378) no.1619.
The headword phrase -- precursor of the modern "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" -- comes from what is perhaps an unidentifiable tragic drama (trag. adespota fr.435 Nauck, but not in Kannicht-Snell).
Keywords: daily life; ethics; geography; proverbs; tragedy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 May 2000@12:00:52.
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