Zenobius 1.31
The Looting of Cinnaras
English
Proverb
The Looting of Cinnaras
Explanation
Callimachus mentions this in his iambics; and Timaeus said that Cinnaras was a brothel-keeper of Selinus. Having grown extremely rich from his trade, while alive he kept proclaiming he would leave his property as sacred to Aphrodite, but at his death he set out his goods to be looted.
Greek
Proverb
Ἁρπαγὰ τὰ Κιννάρου
Explanation
ταύτης μὲν μέμνηται Καλλίμαχος ἐν ἰάμβοις· Τίμαιος δὲ ἔφη, ὅτι Κίνναρος ἐγένετο πορνοβοσκὸς Σελινούσιος. Πλουσιώτατος γοῦν ἐκ τῆς ἐργασῖας γονόμενος, ζῶν μὲν ἐπηγγέλλετο τὴν οὐσίαν ἱερὰν τῇ Ἀφροδίτῃ παταλεῖψαι, τελευτῶν δὲ τὰ ὄντα προύθηκεν εἰς ἁρπαγήν.
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