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Headword:
Μᾶλλον
ὁ
Φρύξ
Adler number: mu,116
Translated headword: rather the Phrygian
Vetting Status: low
Translation: The proverb [arose] from the following: when the Seven Sages were asked by
Croesus which living thing was happiest, some of them replied "wild beasts, for they die in defence of their independence"; others [said] "storks, for they have a natural justice apart from law";[1] and
Solon [said] "nobody - until the day of his death". Aesop the Phrygian, the storyteller, was nearby and said "you [
Croesus] surpass others as much as the sea surpasses rivers". When
Croesus heard this he said "rather the Phrygian".
Μᾶλλον ὁ Φρύξ: ἡ παροιμία ἐνθένδε: οἱ ζ# σοφοὶ ἐρωτώμενοι ὑπὸ Κροίσου, τίς τῶν ὄντων εὐδαιμονέστατος, οἱ μὲν ἀπεκρίναντο τὰ ἄγρια ζῷα: ὑπὲρ γὰρ τῆς αὐτονομίας ἀποθνήσκει: οἱ δὲ πελαργούς: δίχα γὰρ νόμου τῇ φύσει τὸ δίκαιον ἔχουσι: Σόλων δέ, οὐδένα πρὸ τῆς τελευταίας ἡμέρας. παρεστὼς δὲ Αἴσωπος ὁ Φρύξ, ὁ λογοποιός, τοσοῦτον, εἶπεν, ὑπερέχεις τῶν ἄλλων, ὅσον θάλασσα ποταμῶν. ἀκούσας δὲ Κροῖσος εἶπε, μᾶλλον ὁ Φρύξ.
Notes:
This proverb is also in
Photius, and the paroemiographers (e.g.
Zenobius 5.16).
For "Aesop the Phrgyian", and
Croesus, see generally
alphaiota 334. For the Seven Sages see OCD(3) s.v.
[1] For this belief cf.
pi 931.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 19 September 2001@04:48:01.
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