Zenobius 5.100
You praise yourself
English
Proverb
You praise yourself
Explanation
this is one of the elliptical sayings; the full form runs: "You praise yourself, lady, like Astydamas." For Astydamas son of Morsimus, having succeeded in playing Parthenopaeus, was voted worthy of a statue in the theatre. He himself wrote an epigram containing his own praise and brought it to the Council; they voted, as it was offensive, that it should not be inscribed at all. Wherefore the comic poets in mockery used to say, "You praise yourself, lady, like Astydamas."
Greek
Proverb
Σαυτὴν ἐπαινεῖς
Explanation
αὕτη τῶν’ κατ’ ἔλλειψιν λεγομένων ἐστί· τὸ δὲ πλῆρες ἔχει οὕτως, Σαυτὴν ἐπαινεῖς, ὥσπερ Ἀστυδάμας, γύναι. Ἀστυδάμας γὰρ ὁ Μορσίμου εὐημερήσας ἐν τῇ ὑποκρίσει Παρθενοπαίου, ἐψηφίσθη εἰκόνος ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ ἀξιωθῆναι. Γρόψας οὖν αὐτὸς ἐπίγραμμα ὁ Ἀστυδάμας ἔπαινον ἑαυτοῦ ἔχον ἀνήνεγκεν ἐπὶ τὴν βουλήν· οἱ δὲ ἐψηφίσαντο ὡς ἐπαχθὲς αὐτὸ μηκέτι ἐπιγραφῆναι. Διὸ καὶ σκώπτοντες αὐτὸν οἱ ποιηταὶ ἔλεγον, Σαυτὴν ἐπαινεῖς, ὥσπερ Ἀστυδάμας, γύναι.
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