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Headword: Σειρὴν μὲν φίλον ἀγγέλλει, ξεῖνον δὲ μέλισσα
Adler number: sigma,279
Translated headword: a siren announces a friend, a bee a stranger
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The "siren" is an animal which makes wax, similar to the bee.
Greek Original:
Σειρὴν μὲν φίλον ἀγγέλλει, ξεῖνον δὲ μέλισσα: σειρὴν ζῷόν ἐστι κηροποιόν, μελίσσῃ παραπλήσιον.
Notes:
The headword phrase, a dactylic hexameter, appears as a proverb in some of the paroemiographers: Zenobius 5.97, Apostolius 15.38.
The wasp called "siren" is mentioned, as Zenobius noted, by Aristotle: Historia Animalium 623b11.
Keywords: daily life; definition; meter and music; poetry; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 4 October 2004@01:06:06.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified headword; augmented notes and keywords) on 4 October 2004@03:46:56.
David Whitehead (augmented note) on 4 October 2004@06:39:48.
David Whitehead on 17 August 2011@07:51:45.
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