[This is said] whenever someone does something to his own detriment; for Oinoe is a deme of Attica,[1] the members of which diverted the course of a torrent which was approaching them into their own territory. The torrent grew large, ruined their agriculture and destroyed their houses.[2] It is similar to: 'the Karpathian [and] the hare'.[3] For they say that because there were no hares on Karpathos they introduced some for breeding purposes; and the result was that hares became so numerous that they did serious damage to their crops.