Zenobius 4.58
Sillier than Coroebus
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English
Proverb
Sillier than Coroebus
Explanation
simpleton and fool. They used "Coroebus" of the foolish, from a certain Coroebus the simpleton, whom they think to be the son of Mygdon the Phrygian, born about the time of the Trojan war. Some say he was so dull that he counted the waves of the sea.
Greek
Proverb
Κοροίβου ἠλιθιώτερος
Explanation
εὐήθης καὶ μωρός. Ἐπὶ γὰρ τοῦ μωραίνοντος ἔταττον τὸν Κόροιβον ἀπό τινος Κοροίβου μωροῦ, ὃν οἴονται τὸν Μύγδονος εἶναι παῖδα τοῦ Φρυγὸς, κατὰ τὰ Τρωϊκὰ γενόμενον. Τινὲς δὲ τοῦτον ἀναίσθητον φασὶ γεγονέναι, ὡς καὶ τὰ κύματα τῆς θαλάσσης ἀριθμεῖν.
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