Zenobius 4.93
A field of famine
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English
Proverb
A field of famine
Explanation
said of cities oppressed by famine; for there is a place so named. They say that famine once gripping them, the god told them to set up suppliant rites and propitiate Famine. The Athenians dedicated to him the field behind the prytaneion.
Greek
Proverb
Λιμοῦ πεδίον
Explanation
αὕτη τάττεται ἐπὶ τῶν ὑπὸ λιμοῦ πιεζομένων πόλεων· τόπος γάρ ἐστιν οὕτω καλούμενος. Καὶ λέγουσιν ὅτι λιμοῦ ποτὲ κατασχόντος, ἔχρησεν ὁ θεὸς ἱκετηρίαν θέσθαι καὶ τὸν Λιμὸν ἐξιλεώσασθαι. Οἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι ἀνῆκαν αὐτῷ τὸ ὄπισθεμ τοῦ πρυταΛιμῷ νείου πεδίον.
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