Zenobius 3.22

Aletes accepts even a clod

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English

Proverb

Explanation

of those who take everything for the better. For they say Aletes, an exile wishing to return to Corinth, met a herdsman of whom he asked food; the man saying he had none, picked up a clod and gave it to him. Taking it, he said, "Aletes accepts even a clod."

Greek

Proverb

Δέχεται καὶ βῶλον Ἀλήτης

Explanation

ἐπὶ τῶν πάντα πρὸς τὸ κρεῖττον ἐκδεχομένων. Ἀλήτην γάρ φασι φεύγοντα κατελθεῦν βουλόμενον εἰς Κόρινθον καὶ βουκόλου τινὸς ἀπαντήσαντος αἰτῆσαι τροφήν· οὐκ ἔχειν δὲ φάσκοντος ἐκείνου, ἄραντος δὲ βῶλον δοῦναι αὐτῷ· τὸν δὲ λαβόντα φάναι, Δέχεται καὶ βῶλον Ἀλήτης.

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