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Headword:
Arbelai
Adler number: alpha,3754
Translated headword: Arbelai, Arbele
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Arbele [is] a small Sicilian city.[1] Those who live there seemed to be easily deceived. And [hence] a proverb: "What will you not become when you go to Arbelai?"[2]
Greek Original:Arbelai: polisma Sikelikon hê Arbelê. hoi de enoikountes ekeise edokoun euexapatêtoi einai. kai paroimia: ti ou genêsêi iôn es Arbelas;
Notes:
Adler's 'Arbalai', rather than Arbelai, as the headword is a slip, corrected in her addenda and corrigenda.
[1] Confirmed by
Stephanus of
Byzantium s.v., citing the Sicilian historian
Philistus (FGrH 556 F29).
[2] Cf.
tau 646 and
tau 674.
Keywords: daily life; definition; ethics; geography; historiography; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 July 2001@18:10:05.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified headword; added notes and keyword; cosmetics) on 9 July 2001@03:14:01.
David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 23 August 2002@08:22:24.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 2 August 2011@08:06:23.
David Whitehead (tweaked headword and primary note) on 24 January 2014@07:05:39.
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