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Headword: *fili/ppou a)lektruw/n
Adler number: phi,356
Translated headword: Philip's cockerel, Philip's rooster
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those boasting about small successes.
Greek Original:
*fili/ppou a)lektruw/n: e)pi\ tw=n e)n mikroi=s katorqw/masin a)lazoneuome/nwn.
Note:
Some of the paroemiographers add 'name of a general' before the present gloss; and Theopompus (FGrH 115 F249) says that Cockerel was the nickname of Adaios (alpha 431), one of the generals of Philip II of Macedon (phi 354).
Keywords: biography; daily life; ethics; historiography; history; imagery; military affairs; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 27 April 2003@09:39:01.
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Catharine Roth (set status) on 11 January 2004@19:35:14.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 14 June 2004@08:50:30.
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