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Headword:
*peni/a
de\
sofi/an
e)/laxe
Adler number: pi,967
Translated headword: but poverty's lot was wisdom
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Inasmuch as the poor practise many skills.
Greek Original:*peni/a de\ sofi/an e)/laxe: paro/son oi( pe/nhtes polla\s te/xnas e)pithdeu/ousi.
Notes:
The headword phrase is the first part of a line of
Euripides (fr.641: it continues
dia\ to\ suggene/s, "because of their kinship"). It became proverbial: see Tosi (cited under
alpha 378) no.1822.
For poverty see also
pi 966,
pi 968.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 14 December 2002@11:39:12.
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