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Headword: Τὰ πρῶτ' ἀρίστους παῖδας Αἴγιν' ἐκτρέφει
Adler number: tau,109
Translated headword: at first Aegina brought forth excellent youths
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A proverb.[1] For at its peak, they say, the Aeginetans changed for the worse from [sc the days] of Achilles, Patroclus, Aias [and] Neoptolemus [Author, Myth].
Greek Original:
Τὰ πρῶτ' ἀρίστους παῖδας Αἴγιν' ἐκτρέφει: παροιμία. ἐν ἀκμῇ γάρ, φασί, μεταβάλλουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον οἱ Αἰγινῆται ἀπὸ Ἀχιλλέως, Πατρόκλου, Αἴαντος, Νεοπτολέμου.
Notes:
Same entry in Photius; cf. Apostolius 16.11. See also under tau 108.
For Aegina (not, in fact, the homeland of any of the four individuals mentioned!) see generally alphaiota 53.
[1] In the form of an iambic trimeter.
Keywords: chronology; daily life; ethics; geography; meter and music; mythology; poetry; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 9 December 2002@05:59:22.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added note and keyword, set status) on 22 September 2004@00:13:50.
David Whitehead (augmented notes) on 22 September 2004@04:11:28.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 29 April 2011@09:38:55.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 12 August 2011@05:21:09.
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