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Headword: *)epeidh\ to\n *tanta/lou li/qon th=s kefalh=s a)petinaca/meqa
Adler number: epsilon,2119
Translated headword: since we shook Tantalus' stone off our head
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. This proverbial phrase] is said in reference to some danger that has arrived and passed by; alternatively to one who began an undertaking but then made light of it.
Greek Original:
*)epeidh\ to\n *tanta/lou li/qon th=s kefalh=s a)petinaca/meqa: le/getai e)pi\ kindu/nou tino\s e)phrthme/nou kai\ parelqo/ntos: h)\ e)pi\ tou= a)rcame/nou tino\s pra/gmatos, ei)=ta o)ligwrh/santos.
Notes:
Likewise in Photius. See also Apostolius 7.60, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.663.
For Tantalus cf. generally iota 620, sigma 659, tau 77, tau 78, tau 79 (stone), tau 80, tau 81 tau 147.
Keywords: daily life; ethics; imagery; mythology; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 21 April 2003@12:02:36.
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Catharine Roth (modified translation) on 3 July 2003@00:16:50.
David Whitehead (added more x-refs) on 3 July 2003@09:25:06.
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