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Headword: Ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσις
Adler number: eta,11
Translated headword: the statement from the Scythians
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
The proverb is applied to those who say that someone is soon going to lament; inasmuch as the Scythians responded to Dareios the Persian, after he had made an announcement about yielding, saying that he was the one weeping.
Greek Original:
Ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσις: τέτακται ἡ παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν ἀποτόμως οἰμώζειν τινὰ λεγόντων: παρ' ὅσον οἱ Σκύθαι Δαρείῳ τῷ Πέρσῃ, μηνύσαντι περὶ τοῦ εἶξαι, ἀπεκρίναντο κλαίειν αὐτὸν εἰπόντες.
Notes:
Apostolius 8.39, etc.
For Dareios and the Scythians cf. generally delta 72.
Keywords: biography; daily life; geography; historiography; history; military affairs; proverbs
Translated by: William Hutton on 16 December 2003@16:43:48.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (supplied notes; modified keywords; cosmetics) on 17 December 2003@04:40:47.
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