Zenobius 4.77
Tablets of woes
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English
Proverb
Tablets of woes
Explanation
among the Athenians the kyrbeis are triangular boards on which they wrote their laws and the punishments for wrongdoers. The proverb is said of the exceedingly wicked.
Greek
Proverb
Κύρβεις κακῶν
Explanation
Κύρβεις καλοῦνται παρὰ τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις σανίδες τρίγωνοι, ἐν αἷς τοὺς νόμους ἀνέγραφον, καὶ τὰς κατὰ τῶν ἀδικούντων τιμωρίας. Ἐπὶ τοίνυν τῶν σφόδρα πονηρευομένων ἡ παροιμία εἴρηται.
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