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Headword: *)/akron la/be kai\ me/son e(/ceis
Adler number: alpha,1011
Translated headword: seize the extremity and you will have the mean
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to things that are mysterious and difficult to understand.
Greek Original:
*)/akron la/be kai\ me/son e(/ceis: e)pi\ tw=n dusfra/stwn kai\ dusnoh/twn.
Note:
Abridged from Zenobius 1.57, who provides an aetiological explanation (from an oracle about the foundation of Aigina [Myth, Place]: alphaiota 53).
Keywords: aetiology; daily life; geography; history; proverbs; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 March 2000@23:34:35.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (Modified translation.) on 20 April 2000@01:40:45.
Catharine Roth on 9 June 2000@01:46:57.
David Whitehead (added note and keyword) on 5 June 2002@08:02:49.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 1 February 2012@06:50:56.
David Whitehead (expanded note; more keywords) on 22 May 2015@10:25:49.
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