Zenobius 3.42

Whatever gift one gives, praise it

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English

Proverb

Whatever gift one gives, praise it

Explanation

this is a fragment of an oracle given to Myscellus of Rhypes, at the time when he wished to settle not Croton but Sybaris, as Hippys says in his On Times. The oracle ran thus: "Myscellus short of back, seeking other things in defiance of the god, you will not catch even salt: praise whatever gift one gives."

Greek

Proverb

Δῶρον δ’ ὅ τι δῷ τις ἐπαίνει

Explanation

αὕτη κόμμα ἐστὶ χρησμοῦ τοῦ δοθέντος Μυσκέλλῳ τῷ Ῥυπὶ, καθ’ ὃν δὴ χρόνον Κρότωνα οὐκ ἐβούλετο οἰκίζειν, [ἀλλὰ] Σύβαριν, ὥς φησιν Ἵππυς ἐν τῷ περὶ χρόνων: Φησὶ δὲ οὕτως ἔχειν τὸν χρησμόν· Μύσκελλε βραχύνωτε, παρὲκ θεὸν ἄλλα ματεύων οὔδ’ ἅλα θηρεύσεις· δῶρον δ’ ὅ τι δῷ τὶς, ἐπαίνει.

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