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Headword:
Agnoei
d'
arachnê
paidas
hôs
paideuetai
Adler number: alpha,277
Translated headword: a spider knows not how she educates her children.
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [A spider knows not how she educates her children.] For having nurtured them she has died at the hands of her dearest ones. [Sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those who look after something against their own interest.
Greek Original:Agnoei d' arachnê paidas hôs paideuetai. threpsasa gar tethnêke pros tôn philtatôn: epi tôn kath' heautôn ti pragmateuomenôn.
Note:
Keywords: children; daily life; ethics; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Roger Travis on 6 October 2000@13:05:58.
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