Zenobius 4.83
Cythnian calamities
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English
Proverb
Cythnian calamities
Explanation
this came into proverb because of what befell the Cythnians. For Aristotle says they were so badly handled by Amphitryon that great calamities came to be called "Cythnian-deaths."
Greek
Proverb
Κυθνώλεις συμφοραί
Explanation
τοῦτο εἰς παροιμίαν ἦλθε διὰ τὰ Κυθνίοις συμβάντα. Φησὶ γὰρ Ἀριστοτέλης οὕτως κακῶς αὐτοὺς διατεθῆναι ὑπὸ Ἀμφιτρύωνος, ὥστε τὰς μεγάλας συμφορὰς Κυθνώλεις καλεῖσθαι.
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