Zenobius 5.61

I am Pitane

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English

Proverb

I am Pitane

Explanation

this is in Alcaeus. It is said of those falling into both frequent calamities and prosperities; inasmuch as such fortunes befell Pitane too, which Hellanicus mentions; for he says she was enslaved by the Pelasgians and again freed by the Erythraeans.

Greek

Proverb

Πιτάνη εἰμί

Explanation

αὕτη παρ’ Ἀλκαίῳ κεῖται, Λἐγεται δὲ κατὰ τῶν πυκναῖς συμφοραῖς περιπιπτόντων ἅμα καὶ εὐπραγίαις· παρόσον καὶ τῇ Πιτάνῃ τοιαῦτα συνέβη πράγματα, ὧν καὶ Ἑλλάνικος μέμνηται· φησὶ γὰρ αὐτὴν ὑπὸ Πελασγῶν ἀνδραποδισθῆναι καὶ πάλιν ὑπὸ Ἐρυθραίων ἐλευθερωθῆναι.

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