Zenobius 5.58
The boy and the icicle
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English
Proverb
The boy and the icicle
Explanation
proverb of those neither able to keep nor willing to let go. Sophocles mentions it in The Lovers of Achilles.
Greek
Proverb
Ὁ παῖς τὸν κρύσταλλον
Explanation
ἐπὶ τῶν μήτε κατέχειν δυναμένων μήτε μεθεῖναι βουλομένων ἡ παροιμία εἴρηται. Μέμνηται αὐτῆς Σοφοκλῆς Ἀχιλλέως ἐρασταῖς.
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