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Headword: *kh=ruc
Adler number: kappa,1550
Translated headword: herald
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[A herald] in war, an envoy in peace.
Greek Original:
*kh=ruc e)n pole/mw|, pre/sbus e)n ei)rh/nh|.
Note:
Not classified by Adler as a proverb (or extant in the paroemiographers), but it has the look of one. In any event, it is a version of a scholion on Thucydides 1.29.1 (where the Corinthians send a herald to declare war on the Corcyreans).
Keywords: daily life; ethics; historiography; history; military affairs; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 1 December 2000@05:56:11.
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Catharine Roth (set status) on 2 October 2003@11:19:11.
David Whitehead (augmented note; cosmetics) on 3 October 2003@03:04:09.
David Whitehead (augmented note; more keywords) on 24 March 2011@06:24:33.
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