Zenobius 3.82

On the affairs of Mandrabolus

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English

Proverb

Explanation

set down against those who keep going from worse to worse. For this Mandrabolus, having once found a treasure on Samos, [first] dedicated a golden ram to Hera; in the second year a silver one; in the third, a bronze one.

Greek

Proverb

Ἐπὶ τὰ Μανδραβόλου

Explanation

αὕτη τέτακται κατὰ τῶν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον προκοπτόντων ἀεί. Ὁ γὰρ Μανδράβολος οὗτος εὑρών ποτε θησαυρὸν ἐν Σάμῳ, [τὸ πρῶτον] πρόβατον χρυσοῦν ἀνέθηκε τῇ Ἥρᾳ· τῷ δὲ δευτέρῳ ἔτει ἀργυροῦν, καὶ τῷ τρίτῳ χαλκοῦν.

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