Zenobius 6.16

These the Mede shall not preserve

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English

Proverb

Explanation

Dicaearchus says that, when Xerxes' campaign was about to take place, the Greeks, despairing of safety, used to spend their substance, saying as they did so, "These the Mede shall not preserve."

Greek

Proverb

Τάδε Μῆδος οὐ φυλάξει

Explanation

Δικαίαρχος φησὶν, ὅτι μελλούσης τῆς Ξέρξου στρατείας γίνεσθαι, οἱ Ἕλληνες ὐπογνόντες τῆς σωτηρίας, τὰς οὐσίας αὑτῶν ἀνήλισκον, ἐπιλέγοντες, Τάδε Μῆδος οὐ φυλάξει.

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