[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who succeed in their affairs without any risk and with great ease and against expectation.
Zenobius 1.28 and other paroemiographers.
For the phrase in its literal military sense see
Diodorus Siculus 15.72 (the priestess at
Dodona foretells such a war for the Spartans against the Arkadians in 368 BCE);
Plutarch, Agesilaos 33 (with "battle" rather than "war") on the same event.
cf.
alpha 423.
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