Zenobius 5.21
A Myconian neighbour
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English
Proverb
A Myconian neighbour
Explanation
set down for those reproached for stinginess and meanness, from the smallness of the island of Mykonos and its meanness.
Greek
Proverb
Μυκώνιος γείτων
Explanation
αὕτη τέτακται ἐπὶ τῶν διαβεβλημένων ἐπὲ γλισχρότητι καὶ μικροπρεπείᾳ, παρὰ τὴν σμικρότητα τῆς Μύκωνος νῆσου καὶ εὐτέλειαν.
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