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Headword: *(/udwr de\ pi/nwn xrhsto\n ou)de\n a)\n te/kois
Adler number: upsilon,53
Translated headword: but by drinking water you would never produce anything good
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
This [is said] to be part of an epigram; some say it is by Asclepiades, others Theaetetus.[1]
Greek Original:
*(/udwr de\ pi/nwn xrhsto\n ou)de\n a)\n te/kois: tou=to e)c e)pigra/mmatos ei)=nai me/ros, oi( me\n *)asklhpia/dou, oi( de\ *qeaith/tou fasi/n.
Notes:
Same entry in Photius (upsilon27 Theodoridis), and later proverbial: Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1434.
[1] Greek Anthology 13.29.2 (attributed to Nicaenetus, quoted approximately); Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.39C (2.9 Kaibel). Said of Cratinus, on whose fondness for wine see kappa 2344.
Keywords: biography; comedy; daily life; ethics; food; poetry; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 21 December 2003@11:20:14.
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