Zenobius 3.26

Spear and herald's wand

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English

a proverb which some call "persuasive force." It is said of those who at once exhort and threaten, from holding a spear and a herald's wand together.

Δόρυ καὶ κηρύκιον

παροιμία, ἣν ἔνιοι πειθανάγκην λέγουσιν. Εἴρηται δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν ἅμα παρακαλούντων καὶ ἀπειλούντων, ἀπὸ τοῦ δόρυ κατέχειν καὶ κηρύκιον.

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