Zenobius 3.23

Double men

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English

Proverb

Double men

Explanation

disyllabic names of men. Whence the epigram: "I hate the man whose nature is double, fair in his words but hostile in his ways."

Greek

Proverb

Διπλοῦς ἄνθρας

Explanation

τὰ δισύλλαβα ἀνδρῶν ὀνόματα. Ὅθεν ἐπίγραμμα, Μισῶ τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν διπλοῦν πεφυκότα, χρηστὸν λόγοισι, πολέμιον δὲ τοῖς τρόποις.

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