Suda On Line menu Search

Home
Search results for alpha,2570 in Adler number:
Greek display:    
Headword: *)/annos kri/banon
Adler number: alpha,2570
Translated headword: Annos (and) the potter's oven
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A proverb in reference to those discovering something new. For Annos was an Egyptian who contrived the potter's oven for the baking of bread.
Greek Original:
*)/annos kri/banon: paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n kaino/n ti e)feurhko/twn. *)/annos ga\r *ai)gu/ptios ei)s th\n tw=n a)/rtwn o)/pthsin e)peno/hse to\n kri/banon.
Notes:
From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 86, where an oven is mentioned. See also Appendix Proverbiorum 1.31 (where the name is Annas).
Again at alpha 4052 and kappa 2414.
Keywords: aetiology; biography; comedy; daily life; food; geography; proverbs; science and technology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 July 2000@01:03:26.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note; modified keywords) on 11 March 2001@07:21:21.
David Whitehead (added keyword) on 13 August 2002@09:35:00.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaking) on 15 March 2012@11:15:34.
David Whitehead on 20 July 2015@02:46:04.
Find      

Test Database Real Database

(Try these tips for more productive searches.)
No. of records found: 1    Page 1

End of search