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Headword:
Aigos
tropon
Adler number: alphaiota,69
Translated headword: goat-fashion, like a goat
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who bring an evil on themselves. From a Corinthian proverb, "The nanny-goat giving the knife."[1]
Greek Original:Aigos tropon: epi tôn heautois epipherontôn kakon. apo Korinthiakês paroimias, hê aix dousa tên machairan.
Notes:
Photius' version of the entry is fuller: the complete phrase, from an unattributable fragment of Attic Comedy, is "goat-fashion I dug up a knife for myself".
[1] The full story appears at
alphaiota 235;
alphaiota 236 was copied from here.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; geography; proverbs; religion; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 6 October 2002@22:16:30.
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