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Headword: UNKNOWN_*polla/ toi smikroi\ lo/goi e)/sfhlan h)/dh kai\ katw/rqwsan brotou/s
Adler number: pi,1870
Translated headword: many small words have tripped men up and righted them
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Meaning, they are harmed and helped by chance events.
Greek Original:
*polla/ toi smikroi\ lo/goi e)/sfhlan h)/dh kai\ katw/rqwsan brotou/s: a)nti\ tou= a)po\ tw=n tuxo/ntwn kai\ bla/ptontai kai\ w)felou=ntai.
Note:
Sophocles, Electra 415-416 (web address 1), with fuller scholia. Also quoted by Eustathius (but not in the paroemiographers).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: daily life; ethics; proverbs; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 25 December 2012@01:33:04.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (expanded note; more keywords; tweaking) on 28 December 2012@04:57:22.
David Whitehead on 7 October 2013@07:38:28.
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