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Headword: *mh/ moi/ pot' e)/lqh|s, o(/t' e)gw\ pra/ttw kakw=s
Adler number: mu,945
Translated headword: do not ever come to me when I am doing badly
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A proverbial saying in reference to those who do not come to the aid of their friends in dangers. But Aristophanes is joking: for the proverb [is] the opposite, "Do not ever come to me when I am doing well."
Greek Original:
*mh/ moi/ pot' e)/lqh|s, o(/t' e)gw\ pra/ttw kakw=s: paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n mh\ sunerxome/nwn toi=s fi/lois e)n kindu/nois. pai/zei de\ *)aristofa/nhs: ei)s to\ e)nanti/on ga\r h( paroimi/a, mh/ moi/ pot' e)/lqh|s, o(/t' e)gw\ pra/ttw kalw=s.
Note:
An approximation -- read to/t' for pot' -- of Aristophanes, Birds 134 (web address 1), with (confused) scholion.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; ethics; proverbs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 14 July 2009@01:05:51.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics) on 14 July 2009@03:52:34.
David Whitehead on 21 May 2013@08:00:40.
Catharine Roth (tweaked link) on 22 May 2013@00:39:43.
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