Zenobius 5.46
As much as Mys at Pisa [or "a mouse in tar"]
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English
Proverb
As much as Mys at Pisa [or "a mouse in tar"]
Explanation
said of those who have defeated their adversaries with much toil. For Mys of Tarentum, a boxer, when contesting at Pisa with many opponents, took many blows, and barely won.
Greek
Proverb
Ὅσα Μῦς ἐν Πίσσῃ
Explanation
αὕτη ἡ παροιμία εἴρηται ἐπὶ τῶν νενικηκότων τοὺς ἀνταγωνιστὰς διὰ πολλοῦ πόνου· Μῦς γὰρ Ταραντῖνος πύκτης ἐν Πίσῃ ἀγωνιζόμενος, καὶ πολλοὺς ἔχων ἀντιμάχους, πολλὰς πληγὰς λαβὼν, μόλις ἐνίκησεν.
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