Zenobius 2.58
An Arabian messenger
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English
Proverb
An Arabian messenger
Explanation
proverb borrowed from the "Arabian flute-player," for those who talk on without ceasing. Said of the Arabian flute-player, who would begin piping for a drachma but stopped only for four.
Greek
Proverb
Ἀράβιος ἄγγελος
Explanation
παροιμία παρὰ τὸ Ἀράβιος αὐλητὴς παραλαμβανομένη ἐπὶ τῶν ἀπαύστως διαλεγομένων. Εἴρηται δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἀραβίου αὐλητοῦ, ὡς ηὔλει μὲν δραχμῆς, ἐπαύετο δὲ τεττάρων.
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