Zenobius 4.4
Foes' gifts are no gifts and bring no gain
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English
Proverb
Foes' gifts are no gifts and bring no gain
Explanation
Sophocles mentions this proverb in Ajax the Whip-bearer. Euripides too says in the Medea: "An evil man's gift brings no profit."
Greek
Proverb
Ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα κοὐκ ὀνήσιμα
Explanation
μέμνηται τῆς παροιμίας ταύτης Σοφοκλῆς ἐν Αἴαντι μαστιγοφόρῳ. Λέγει δὲ καὶ Εὐριπίδης ἐν τῇ Μηδείᾳ, Κακοῦ ἀνδρὸς δῶρον ὄνησιν οὐκ ἔχει.
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