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Headword: Ὠμή τις εἶναι
Adler number: omega,91
Translated headword: (that} a certain woman is cruel
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
"I am afraid lest you think that a certain woman is cruel, for taking vengeance so terribly." Nicolaus of Damascus says [this].
Greek Original:
Ὠμή τις εἶναι: δέδοικα μὴ δόξῃς ὠμή τις εἶναι, δεινῶς οὕτω τιμωρουμένη. Νικόλαος ὁ Δαμασκηνός φησιν.
Notes:
Nicolaus FGrH 90 F82. (For Nicolaus see generally nu 393.)
Jacoby classifies the quotation under "fragments without a book-number", and expresses (reasonable) doubt as to whether it can be connected with F5 (an anecdote involving a woman calkled Zarinaia and a eunuch).
Keywords: historiography; history; women
Translated by: Sheila Kurian on 6 June 2000@02:32:49.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (streamlined translation and notes; modified keywords) on 15 July 2001@10:03:41.
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