Zenobius 6.44
With a hand-eating bond
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English
Proverb
With a hand-eating bond
Explanation
that is, the boxing-thongs, since they cut the flesh and consume it. Better to take "bond" as "that which eats away the hands." For Stesichorus, in some rocky place, prayed to be victorious in the games for Pelias.
Greek
Proverb
Χειροβρῶτι δεσμῷ
Explanation
τοῖς πυκτικοῖς ἱμᾶσι. Διὰ τὸ τὰς σάρκας διακόπτειν καὶ ἀναλίσκειν. Βέλτιον δὲ τὸν δεσμὸν ἀκούειν, τὸν ἀποβιβρώσκοντα τὼ χεῖρε. Ἐδεήθη γὰρ ἔν τινι πετραίῳ Στησίχορος εὐναρχεῖν τῶν ἐπὶ Πελίᾳ ἄθλων.
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