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Headword: Aigieis oute treis oute tessares
Adler number: alphaiota,45
Translated headword: Aigians (are) neither three nor four
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to the excessively paltry. For the Aigians in Argos [Myth, Place], after they had beaten the Aitolians, asked the Pythia[1] who were [the best of Greeks]. She responded to them: "Aigians [are] neither three nor four, nor even tenth."[2]
Greek Original:
Aigieis oute treis oute tessares: epi tôn agan eutelôn. hoi gar en Argei Aigieis nikêsantes Aitôlous êrôtôn tên Puthian, tines eien. aneile de autois: Aigieis oute treis oute tessares, all' oude dekataioi.
Notes:
cf. Zenobius 1.48 (with, geographically correctly, 'Aigians in Achaia' -- alphaiota 55) and other paroemiographers.
[1] The priestess (and mouthpiece) of Apollo at Delphi: pi 3127.
[2] cf. upsilon 108, where (as is more common) the community concerned is Megara, and the number is 12th.
Reference:
J. Fontenrose, The Delphic Oracle (Berkeley 1978) Q26.
Keywords: daily life; gender and sexuality; geography; historiography; history; military affairs; mythology; proverbs; religion; women
Translated by: William Hutton on 28 October 2002@11:30:31.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added notes, bibliography, keyword) on 29 October 2002@03:22:35.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr; augmented primary note; cosmetics) on 11 May 2012@05:09:37.
David Whitehead on 11 May 2012@05:31:59.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr) on 22 November 2015@07:12:20.
Catharine Roth (expanded note) on 12 November 2022@01:16:46.
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