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Headword: *)/esti tis di/khs o)fqalmo/s
Adler number: epsilon,3228
Translated headword: there is an eye of justice which mere mortals should never despise
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[no gloss]
Greek Original:
*)/esti tis di/khs o)fqalmo/s, h(=s mhde/pote katafronei=n a)nqrw/pous u(pa/rxontas.
Note:
The headword quotes Polybius 23.10.3, where this phrase is called a proverb; cf. delta 1096. For other appearances of it -- most directly Diphilus fr. 136 K.-A. (formerly Philemon fr. 246 Kock) -- see Walbank (below) 230.
Reference:
F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, vol.3 (Oxford 1979)
Keywords: comedy; daily life; ethics; historiography; imagery; law; mythology; proverbs; tragedy
Translated by: David Whitehead on 12 May 2003@07:01:02.
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Catharine Roth on 28 May 2003@01:05:00.
David Whitehead (augmented note; added keyword) on 28 May 2003@02:53:27.
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