Zenobius 3.15

Better at the second

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English

proverb of those who sacrifice a second time, when their first sacrifices fail to burn and they turn to a second.

Δευτέρων ἀμεινόνων

παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν θυομένων ἐκ δευτέρου, ὅταν αὐτοῖς τὰ πρότερον ἱερὰ μὴ καυθῇ καὶ ἐπὶ δεύτερα τραπῶσιν.

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