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Headword:
*)agnoei=
d'
a)ra/xnh
pai=das
w(s
paideu/etai
Adler number: alpha,277
Translated headword: a spider knows not how she educates her children.
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [A spider knows not how she educates her children.] For having nurtured them she has died at the hands of her dearest ones. [Sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those who look after something against their own interest.
Greek Original:*)agnoei= d' a)ra/xnh pai=das w(s paideu/etai. qre/yasa ga\r te/qnhke pro\s tw=n filta/twn: e)pi\ tw=n kaq' e(autw=n ti pragmateuome/nwn.
Note:
Iambica adespota fr. 16a Diehl; cf.
Diogenianus 1.70 and other paroemiographers
Keywords: children; daily life; ethics; poetry; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Roger Travis on 6 October 2000@13:05:58.
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