Zenobius 4.53
A Cilician ruin
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English
Proverb
A Cilician ruin
Explanation
a scoundrel; for the Cilicians are scoundrels, or because, being given to piracy, they were notorious for cruelty. The Atticists too call bitter punishments "Cilician."
Greek
Proverb
Κιλίκιος ὄλεθρος
Explanation
ὁ πονηρός· πονηροὶ γὰρ οἱ Κίλικες· ἢ ὅτι λῃστείαις χρώμενοι ἐπ’ ὠμότητι διεβέβληντο. Καὶ οἱ Ἀττικοὶ. δὲ τὰς πικρὰς τιμωρίας Κιλικίους καλοῦσιν.
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