Zenobius 5.51
The Sicilian and the sea
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English
Proverb
The Sicilian and the sea
Explanation
a Sicilian merchant carrying figs, they say, was shipwrecked. Then, sitting on a rock and seeing the sea calm again, he said, "I know what she wants — she wants figs."
Greek
Proverb
Σικελὸς τὴν θάλασσαν
Explanation
Σικελὸς, φασὶν ἔμπορος σῦκα ἄγων ἐναυάγησεν· εἶτα ἐπὶ πέτρας καθήμενος, καὶ ὁρῶν τὴν θάλασσαν ἐν γαλήνῃ, ἔφη, Οἶδα ὁ θέλει· σῦκα θέλει.
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