[sc. A proverbial phrase used] because people thought they were seers. But others [sc. say it means] a mouth singing oracles.
*kourh/twn sto/ma: e)do/koun ga\r ou(=toi ma/nteis ei)=nai. oi( de\ qespiw|do\n sto/ma.
Such a proverb is cited in
Zenobius 4.61,
Diogenianus (Mazarin ms.) 5.60, and
Apostolius 9.95, as well as in
Hesychius kappa3848.
The present gloss is from
Zenobius, though
oi(=on "as in" appears there instead of
oi( de\ "and others";
Hesychius uses the same gloss, but drops the connective.
The saying is listed in the
Tragica Adespota, as fr.580.
Apostolius seeks to explain this by attributing augury to Cretans, but the reference is more plausibly to the Kouretes as divinities.
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