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Headword: *fru\c a)nh\r plhgei\s a)mei/nwn kai\ diakone/steros
Adler number: phi,772
Translated headword: a Phrygian man is better and more serviceable after a beating
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Said] because Phrygian slaves seem to be rather lazy and rather sluggish.
Greek Original:
*fru\c a)nh\r plhgei\s a)mei/nwn kai\ diakone/steros: e)pei\ dokou=sin a)rgo/teroi kai\ nwxele/steroi ei)=nai oi( *fru/ges oi)ke/tai.
Notes:
Proverbial in both Greek and Latin writers: see Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1344.
For this low view of Phrygians cf. phi 773.
Keywords: daily life; ethics; geography; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 November 2001@06:34:15.
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David Whitehead (added note) on 6 September 2002@07:37:57.
Elizabeth Vandiver (Set status) on 8 December 2003@16:49:07.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 29 April 2011@06:56:42.
David Whitehead on 16 August 2012@10:31:46.
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