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Headword: Ὀστράκου περιστροφή
Adler number: omicron,719
Translated headword: spinning a potsherd
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A proverb said of those doing something quickly.[1]
Eunapius [writes]: 'as if on the fall of a potsherd he advantageously advanced against [the] Romans'.[2]
Greek Original:
Ὀστράκου περιστροφή: παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν ταχέως τι ποιούντων λεγομένη. Εὐνάπιος: ὥσπερ ὀστράκου μεταπεσόντος ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον ἐχώρησε Ῥωμαίοις.
Notes:
[1] The phrase occurs in Plato, Republic 521C.
[2] Eunapius, fragmenta historica (Dindorf) 1.216.14-16.
Keywords: daily life; historiography; history; military affairs; philosophy; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 16 April 2003@09:42:38.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth on 17 April 2003@00:15:39.
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