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Headword: *su/roi pro\s *foi/nikas
Adler number: sigma,1670
Translated headword: Syrians to Phoenicians
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. This proverbial phrase is used because] each of these peoples have been criticized for bad behavior; or because every time they are at odds with one another there is never a reliable resolution.
Greek Original:
*su/roi pro\s *foi/nikas: e(ka/tera ta\ e)/qnh diabe/blhtai w(s panou=rga: h)\ o(/ti e(ka/stote di' e)/xqras a)llh/lois o)/nta ou)de/pote pistw=s dialla/ttetai.
Note:
Likewise in Photius, taken to come from Pausanias the Atticist. Proverbial in Apostolius 15.71, etc.
Keywords: daily life; ethics; geography; history; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 17 December 2002@04:43:25.
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Catharine Roth on 18 December 2002@00:17:49.
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