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Headword: *)\an h( leonth= mh\ e)ciknh=tai
Adler number: alpha,2411
Translated headword: If you don't have the skin of a lion fasten on that of a fox
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The sense [is]: if you clearly don't have the ability to ward something off, use trickery. And Homer [writes]: "either by trickery or by force."[1] "Either openly or sneakily."[2]
Greek Original:
*)\an h( leonth= mh\ e)ciknh=tai, pro/sapte kai\ th\n a)lwpekh=n: o( nou=s: e)a\n mh\ fanerw=s a)muno/menos a)nte/xh|s, panourgi/a| xrh=sai. kai\ *(/omhros: h)e\ do/lw| h)e\ bi/h|. h)\ a)mfado\n h)e\ krufhdo/n.
Notes:
cf. Zenobius 1.93; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2223.
[1] One version of Homer, Odyssey 11.119.
[2] Homer, Odyssey 14.330.
Keywords: daily life; epic; ethics; imagery; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 30 May 2001@12:56:23.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added notes and keywords) on 3 June 2001@08:59:16.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 12 March 2012@10:41:52.
David Whitehead on 16 August 2012@08:11:48.
David Whitehead on 15 July 2015@10:25:50.
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