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Headword: *mh/te nei=n mh/te gra/mmata e)pi/stasqai
Adler number: mu,989
Translated headword: to know neither swimming nor letters
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to the completely ignorant; for amongst Athenians diving and letters used to be taught from earliest childhood.

Greek Original:

*mh/te nei=n mh/te gra/mmata e)pi/stasqai: e)pi\ tw=n panta/pasin a)maqw=n: para\ ga\r *)aqhnai/ois eu)qu\s e)k paido\s kolumba=n kai\ gra/mmata e)dida/sketo.

Note:

cf. Plato, Laws 3.689D (web address 1); Apostolius 11.53.

Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: children; daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; geography; philosophy; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 27 September 2001@09:18:59.
Vetted by:

William Hutton (cosmetics, modified headword, added note, link and keywords, set status) on 8 October 2003@15:14:08.
David Whitehead (augmented note) on 9 October 2003@08:50:13.
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 14 July 2009@07:04:54.
David Whitehead on 22 May 2013@04:57:43.

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