Zenobius 5.98
Tyrants are wise from converse with the wise
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English
Proverb
Tyrants are wise from converse with the wise
Explanation
this is from Sophocles' Locrian Ajax; but Plato says the iambic line is from Euripides. There is no wonder: poets fall into the same expressions.
Greek
Proverb
Σοφοὶ τύραννοι τῶν σοφῶν συνουσίᾳ
Explanation
τοῦτο Σοφοκλέους ἐστὶν ἐξ Αἴαντος τοῦ Λοκροῦ· Πλάτων δὲ Εὐριπίδου φησὶν εἶναι τὸ ἰαμβεῖον. Καὶ οὐδὲν θαυμαστόν· συμπίπτουσι γὰρ ἀλλήλοις οἱ ποιηταί.
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