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Headword: Ἢ χρὴ τραγῳδεῖν ἢ μελαγχολᾶν
Adler number: eta,689
Translated headword: one must either make tragedy or be melancholic
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
In reference to neither grieving nor rejoicing.
Greek Original:
Ἢ χρὴ τραγῳδεῖν ἢ μελαγχολᾶν: ἐπὶ τοῦ μήτε λυπεῖσθαι μήτε χαίρειν.
Note:
Comic adespota fr.553 Kock (with πάντας after the first infinitive); cf. Diogenianos 5.13 and other paroemiographers.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; proverbs; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 23 June 2003@00:50:19.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 23 June 2003@04:53:05.
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