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Headword: Anêr de pheugôn ou nenei luras ktupon
Adler number: alpha,2425
Translated headword: a fleeing man does not await a lyre's sound
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A proverb in reference to those having to do everything hastily and quickly.
Greek Original:
Anêr de pheugôn ou nenei luras ktupon: paroimia epi tôn oxeôs kai tacheôs opheilontôn hekasta prattein.
Note:
A line of iambic verse attributed to Aristophanes (fr. 11 Demianczuk, now 221 K.-A.) in Photius s.v. Also in Zenobius (1.86).
Keywords: comedy; daily life; meter and music; poetry; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 28 May 2001@23:39:58.
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David Whitehead (modified headword; added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 29 May 2001@05:00:51.
David Whitehead (added note) on 12 August 2002@08:36:43.
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