Zenobius 4.36

Shamelessness is a goddess

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English

Proverb

Explanation

set down for those who profit by some piece of shameless conduct. Theophrastus, in his On Laws, says that there are altars of Outrage and Shamelessness among the Athenians.

Greek

Proverb

Θεὸς ἡ Ἀναίδεια

Explanation

αὕτη τέτακται ἐπὶ τῶν δι’ ἀναισχυντίαν τινὰ ὠφελουμένων. Φησὶ Θεόφραστος ἐν τῷ περὶ Νόμων, Ὕβρεως καὶ Ἀναιδείας παρα τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις εἰναι βωμούς.

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