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Headword: *)/allote mhtruih\ pe/lei h(me/rh, a)/llote mh/thr
Adler number: alpha,1341
Translated headword: sometimes a day is a step-mother (but) sometimes a mother
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A saying] in reference to those being sometimes unlucky, sometimes lucky.
Greek Original:
*)/allote mhtruih\ pe/lei h(me/rh, a)/llote mh/thr: e)pi\ tw=n pote me\n duspragou/ntwn, pote\ de\ eu)pragou/ntwn.
Notes:
Hesiod, Works and Days 825; in Macarius 1.90 and other paroemiographers.
Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.31.
Keywords: daily life; imagery; poetry; proverbs; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 28 May 2000@05:16:30.
Vetted by:
Ross Scaife ✝ (added keyword and URL) on 28 May 2000@08:52:17.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 29 June 2002@03:54:10.
David Whitehead (removed defunct note number and link; cosmetics) on 15 October 2006@11:06:51.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 8 February 2012@09:09:50.
David Whitehead on 14 August 2012@08:41:20.
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