Zenobius 5.47
You are nothing sacred
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English
Proverb
You are nothing sacred
Explanation
Clearchus says that Heracles, seeing the statue of Adonis set up, said, "Nothing sacred." The proverb is said of the utterly cheap and useless.
Greek
Proverb
Οὐδὲν ἱερὸν ὑπάρχεις
Explanation
Κλέαρχός φησιν, ὅτι Ἡρακλῆς ἰδὼν τὸν Ἄδωνιν ἱδρυμένον, ἔφη, Οὐδὲν ἱερόν. Εἴρηται οὖν ἡ παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν παντελῶς εὐτελῶν καὶ ἀχρήστων.
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