Zenobius 5.1
The Lydian plays the shopkeeper
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English
Proverb
The Lydian plays the shopkeeper
Explanation
they say Cyrus, having got the better of the Lydians, ordered them to play shopkeeper, to possess no weapons, and to wear long robes down to the feet; and so the Lydians, refashioned into a more womanish sort, became petty hucksters in the marketplace.
Greek
Proverb
Λυδὸς καπηλεύει
Explanation
φασὶ Κύρον περιγενόμενον τῶν Λυδῶν προςτάξαι αὐτοῖς καπηλεύειν, καὶ μὴ κεκτῆσθαι ὅπλον, ἀλλὰ ποδήρεις ἀμφιέννυσθαι χιτῶνας· καὶ οὕτως εἰς θῆλυ μᾶλλον μεταῤῥυθμισθέντας τοὺς Λυδοὺς ἀγοραίους γενέσθαι καπήλους.
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