Zenobius Proverbs

Greek and English proverb entries from the Leutsch-Schneidewin Zenobius.

Zenobius 2.19

Of their own accord, good men come to good men's feasts

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English

Proverb

Of their own accord, good men come to good men's feasts

Explanation

Heraclitus used the proverb thus, of Heracles' visit to the house of Ceyx of Trachis, where he so spoke. But Eupolis, in The Golden Race, gives the proverb otherwise: "Of their own accord, good men come to cowards' feasts." And Plato in the Symposium used it so.

Greek

Proverb

Αὐτόματοι δ’ ἀγαθοὶ ἀγαθῶν ἐπὶ δαῖτας ἴενται

Explanation

οὕτως Ἡράκλειτος ἐχρήσατο τῇ παροιμίᾳ, ὡς Ἡρακλέους ἐπιφοιτήσαντος ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν Κήϋκος τοῦ Τραχινίον, καὶ οὕτως εἰπόντος. Εὔπολις δὲ ἐν Χρυσῷ γένει ἑτέρως φησὶν ἔχειν τὴν παροιμίαν· Αὐτόματοι δ’ ἀγαθοὶ δειλῶν ἐπὶ δαῖτας ἴασιν. Καὶ ὁ Πλάτων ἐν τῷ Συμποσίῳ οὕτως αὐτῇ ἐχρήσατο.

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