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Headword: *ge/lws *megariko/s
Adler number: gamma,115
Translated headword: Megarian laughter
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial phrase which arose] because Megarian comedy, which the Athenians mocked and laughed at, flourished inopportunely.
Greek Original:
*ge/lws *megariko/s: h)/kmase ga\r h( *megarikh\ kwmw|di/a a)w/rws, h(\n *)aqhnai=oi katamwkw/menoi e)ge/lwn.
Notes:
Comoedia Dorica testimonium #9 Kassel-Austin.
cf. Diogenianus 3.88 and other paroemiographers.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; geography; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 24 June 2002@11:16:04.
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