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Headword: Καὶ τὸ τοῦ λύκου
Adler number: kappa,1209
Translated headword: and that of the wolf
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
They say that the shepherd, seeing a wolf - or even a dog - eating the sheep of the flock, said: 'if I were doing this, what a great shouting would have arisen!'
Greek Original:
Καὶ τὸ τοῦ λύκου: φασὶ λύκον ἰδόντα τὸν ποιμένα ἢ καὶ κύνα τῶν ποιμενικῶν προβάτων ἐσθίοντα εἰπεῖν: ἐγὼ τοῦτο εἰ ἐποίουν, πόση κραυγὴ ἐγίνετ' ἄν;
Note:
Similar entry in Photius; cf. scholion on Plato, Phaedrus 272C, where Socrates refers to a proverb -- δίκαιον εἶναι καὶ τὸ τοῦ λύκου εἰπεῖν ("It is just to provide a defense even for the wolf.") See web address 1.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: daily life; imagery; law; philosophy; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 15 October 2008@01:17:15.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics) on 15 October 2008@03:17:45.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr) on 15 October 2008@11:19:14.
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