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Headword: En gar amêchaniêi kai Karkinos emmore timês
Adler number: epsilon,1147
Translated headword: for in a hopeless situation even Karkinos got his share of honour
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[A proverbial phrase] in reference to nonentities who are thought worthy of honour through some accident.
Greek Original:
En gar amêchaniêi kai Karkinos emmore timês: epi tôn eutelôn tôn dia peripeteian tina timês axioumenôn.
Notes:
This plus epsilon 1154 (q.v.) = Comica adespota frs. 51-52 Kock, now combined as 951 Kassel-Austin; cf. Zenobius 3.77, Apostolius 7.16, etc.
For this type of saying see also under epsilon 1112.
Keywords: biography; comedy; daily life; ethics; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 November 2002@06:40:47.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth on 28 November 2002@11:45:10.
David Whitehead on 22 August 2012@07:36:29.
David Whitehead on 29 December 2014@05:48:47.
David Whitehead on 9 January 2016@08:41:05.
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