Zenobius 6.34

Philip's Cock

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English

Proverb

Philip's Cock

Explanation

set down for those who boast over small successes. There was a certain Cock (Alektryōn) who was Philip's general, slain, they say, by Chares the Athenian. Heraclides the comic poet, and Antiphanes, mention him.

Greek

Proverb

Φιλίππου Ἀλεκτρυών

Explanation

αὕτη τάττεται ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν μικροῖς κατορθώμασιν ἀλαζονευομένων. Ἀλεκτρυὼν γάρ τις ἐγένετο Φιλίππου στρατηγὸς, ὃν ἀπέκτεινεν, ὥς φασι, Χάρης ὁ Ἀθηναῖος. Μέμνηται δὲ αὐτοῦ Ἡρακλείδης ὁ κωμικὸς, καὶ Ἀντιφάνης.

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