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Headword:
Archaiotera
tês
diphtheras
legeis
Adler number: alpha,4076
Translated headword: you talk more old-fashioned than the hide
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those saying unsound and outdated things. For the hide is very old, [the one] on which Zeus supposedly wrote what things came into being.
Greek Original:Archaiotera tês diphtheras legeis: epi tôn sathra kai palaia legontôn. hê gar diphthera pampalaios, en hêi dokei ho Zeus apographesthai ta genomena.
Notes:
Keywords: chronology; comedy; daily life; mythology; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 April 2001@18:51:45.
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