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Headword:
*tou=to
poih/sas
e(/n
Adler number: tau,843
Translated headword: having done this one thing
Vetting Status: high
Translation: ["(He) having done this one thing], according to the proverb, the most just of unjust deeds."[1]
"And this [is] this man's deed. -- But it was necessary to do something." That is, to eat and not to give the wage.[2]
Greek Original:*tou=to poih/sas e(/n, kata\ th\n paroimi/an, tw=n a)di/kwn e)/rgwn dikaio/taton. kai\ tou=to tou/tou tou)=rgon. a)ll' e)xrh=n ti dra=n. toute/sti to\ trw/gein kai\ mh\ dido/nai to\n misqo/n.
Notes:
[1] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the
Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. [NB: in Adler the entirety of it is printed as the lemma.]
[2] An exchange of dialogue between Xanthias and Plathane in
Aristophanes,
Frogs 568 (web address 1), with scholion on verse 563 (
sic: a similar phrase had appeared there).
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; comedy; daily life; definition; economics; ethics; food; proverbs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 15 June 2011@18:02:00.
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