Zenobius 5.45
With what a monster has the god shut me up!
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English
Proverb
With what a monster has the god shut me up!
Explanation
said of those distressed at some grievous matter. For there is a play Cyclops by the poet Philoxenus, in which Odysseus, being shut in the Cyclops' cave, says: "With what a monster has the god shut me up!"
Greek
Proverb
Οἵῳ μ’ ὁ δαίμων τέρατι συγκαθεῖρξεν
Explanation
ἐπὶ τῶν δυςανασχετούντων ἐπί τινι δυςχερεῖ πράγματι λέγεται ἡ παροιμία. Κύκλωψ γάρ ἐστι δρᾶμα Φιλοξένου τοῦ ποιητοῦ, ἐν ᾧ ὁ Ὀδυσσεὺς περισχεθεὶς τῷ τοῦ Κύκλωπος σπηλαίῳ λέγει, Οἵῳ μ’ ὁ δαίμων τέρατι συγκαθεῖρξεν.
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