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Headword: <20*)all' e)/st' a)lhqh\s h( brotw=n paroimi/a: e)xqrw=n a)/dwra dw=ra
Adler number: alpha,1144
Translated headword: but it is true, the saying of men: gifts of enemies are no gifts, and not profitable
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Ajax says [this].[1] Look under "gifts of enemies are no gifts, and not profitable."[2]
Greek Original:
*)all' e)/st' a)lhqh\s h( brotw=n paroimi/a: e)xqrw=n a)/dwra dw=ra, kou)k o)nh/sima. *ai)/as fhsi/n. zh/tei e)n tw=| e)xqrw=n a)/dwra dw=ra, kou)k o)nh/sima.
Notes:
[1] Sophocles, Ajax 665.
[2] epsilon 4028; see also alpha 519.
Keywords: daily life; proverbs; tragedy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 May 2000@00:35:44.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified headword and translation; augmented note; cosmetics) on 28 January 2001@06:06:57.
David Whitehead on 12 June 2002@07:11:33.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 5 February 2012@04:45:04.
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