Zenobius 4.69
A Crobylus pair
English
Proverb
A Crobylus pair
Explanation
proverb set down for those who use surpassing wickedness. Transferred from a certain pimp Crobylus, who acquired two courtesans, not only to ruin many of the youth by means of these two, but also he stole from them. So those equal to his villainy were called, as if matched with him, "a Crobylus pair." Or because the courtesans were two.
Greek
Proverb
Κρωβύλου ζεῦγος
Explanation
παροιμία ἐπὶ τοῖς ὑπερβαλλούσῃ πονηρίᾳ κεχρημένοις ταττομένη. Μετενήνεκται δὲ ἀπὸ πορνοβοσκοῦ τινὸς Κρωβύλου, ἑταίρας κτησαμένου δύο, ὡς μὴ μόνον ἐπὶ ταύταις πολλοὺς τῶν νέων λυμαίνεσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξ ὧν ἔκλεπτεν [ἐλυμαίνετο]. Τοὺς οὖν ἴσους τῇ ἐκείνου πονηρίᾳ ὡς δύνασθαι συζευχθῆναι αὐτῷ Κρωβύλου ζεῦγος ἔλεγον. Ἢ διὰ τὸ εἶναι δύο τὰς ἑταίρας.
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