Zenobius 2.56
Upward flow the springs of sacred rivers
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English
Proverb
Upward flow the springs of sacred rivers
Explanation
proverb of things said or done contrariwise — as if a fornicator should call a chaste man a fornicator. Since rivers flow downward from above, not upward from below.
Greek
Proverb
Ἄνω ποταμῶν ἱερῶν χωροῦσι πηγαὶ
Explanation
παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν ὑπεναντίως λεγομένων ἢ γινομένων· οἷον εἰ ὁ πόρνος τὸν σώφρονα ἔλεγε πόρνον. Ἐπειδὴ οἱ ποταμοὶ ἄνωθεν κάτω ῥέουσιν, οὐ κάτωθεν ἄνω.
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