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Headword:
*)/anqrakes
o(
qhsauro\s
h)=san
Adler number: alpha,2521
Translated headword: the treasure was ashes
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A proverb in reference to those hoping for good things but distressed as a result of how their hope for good things turned out.
Greek Original:*)/anqrakes o( qhsauro\s h)=san: paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n e)lpizo/ntwn me\n a)gaqa\, kakoume/nwn de\ a)f' w(=n h)=n au)toi=s h( tw=n a)gaqw=n e)lpi/s.
Notes:
Same entry in
Photius.
For this proverb see e.g. Lucian,
Zeuxis 2,
Philopseudes 32,
Navigium 26. Its modern (if nowadays little-used) equivalent would be "apples of Sodom".
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 2 July 2000@18:06:31.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified headword and translation; added note) on 9 March 2001@05:59:48.
David Whitehead (expanded note; tweaks and cosmetics) on 15 March 2012@07:12:12.
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