Zenobius 2.55
To stir up Anagyrus
English
Proverb
To stir up Anagyrus
Explanation
Anagyrus is an Attic deme, where a foul-smelling plant grows, called anagyros. The proverb is said from this, of those who stir something up to their own hurt. Some say Anagyrus was a hero who overturned from their foundations the houses of his neighbours when they tried to outrage his shrine. Aristophanes mentions it in the Lysistrata.
Greek
Proverb
Ἀνάγυρον κινεῖν
Explanation
ἔστιν ὁ Ἀνάγυρος (Ἀναγυροῦς) δῆμος Ἀττικὸς, ἔνθα δυςῶδες φυτὸν φύεται, οὕτω καλούμενον Ἀνάγυρος. Εἴρηται οὖν ἡ παροιμία ἐντεῦθεν ἐπὶ τῶν κινούντων τινὰ ἐπὶ κακῷ ἑαυτῶν. Τινὲς δὲ λέγουσιν ὅτι Ἀνάγυρος ἥρως γέγονεν, ὅστις τοὺς οἴκους τῶν γειτονούντων αὐτῷ ἐκ βάθρων ἀνέστρεψεν, ἐπειδὴ τὸ ἡρῷον αὐτοῦ ὑβρίσαι ἐπεχείρησαν. Μέμνηται ταύτης Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν Λυσιστράτῃ.
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