Daily Greek Proverb Review: Oct. 28

Here are today's proverbs to review from the past 6 weeks; each proverb is linked to the blog post where it first appeared so that you can consult the English translation and commentary as needed, and also listen to the audio if you like. Plus you can find all 500 proverbs and all the audio at the blog, along with all the review Padlets that display the proverbs at random week by week, including the translation and commentary.

1. Ὕβριν μίσει.
   
2. Βοῶν ὦτα ἔχετε.
   
3. Εἰς ὕδωρ γράφεις.
   
4. Παρὰ κωφῷ διαλέγῃ.
   
5. Ζεῖ χύτρα ζῇ φιλία.
   
6. Λύχνον ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ ἅπτειν.
   
7. Τί γὰρ κοινὸν λύρᾳ καὶ ὄνῳ;
   
8. Γηράσκω δ' ἀεὶ πολλὰ διδασκόμενος.
   
9. Ἐν νυκτὶ βουλὴ τοῖς σοφοῖσι γίγνεται.
   
10. Ἡ δ᾽ ὁμιλία πάντων βροτοῖσι γίγνεται διδάσκαλος.
    

Aesop's fable about "burning daylight"

Λύχνον ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ ἅπτειν.

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Daily Greek Proverb Review: Oct. 25

Here are today's proverbs to review from the past 6 weeks; each proverb is linked to the blog post where it first appeared so that you can consult the English translation and commentary as needed, and also listen to the audio if you like. Plus you can find all 500 proverbs and all the audio at the blog, along with all the review Padlets that display the proverbs at random week by week, including the translation and commentary.

1. Λύκου ῥήματα.
   
2. Δίκης ὀφθαλμός.
   
3. Ἀνέμους γεωργεῖν.
   
4. Ἀρχὴ σοφίας φόβος θεοῦ.
   
5. Ὦτα ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούετε;
   
6. Ἁ δὲ χεὶρ την χεῖρα νίζει.
   
7. Ἀεὶ Λιβύη φέρει τι καινόν.
   
8. Οἱ γὰρ κακοί, κακίους ἐπαινούμενοι.
   
9. Εἰ ἀεὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἡμῖν ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ, ἀθάνατος ἂν ἡ ψυχὴ εἴη.
10. Ὅπου γὰρ ἡ λεοντῆ μὴ ἐφικνεῖται προσραπτέον ἐκεῖ τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν.

map of the world according to Herodotus

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Daily Greek Proverb Review: Oct. 24

Here are today's proverbs to review from the past 6 weeks; each proverb is linked to the blog post where it first appeared so that you can consult the English translation and commentary as needed, and also listen to the audio if you like. Plus you can find all 500 proverbs and all the audio at the blog, along with all the review Padlets that display the proverbs at random week by week, including the translation and commentary.

1. Ἰχθύων βίος.
   
2. Ἑρμῆς κοινός.
   
3. Γλυκὺς ὕπνος τοῦ δούλου.
   
4. Λύκος περὶ φρέαρ χορεύει.
   
5. Ὄνου οὐρὰ τηλίαν οὐ ποιεῖ.
   
6. Προπέτεια πολλοῖς ἐστιν αἰτία κακῶν.
   
7. Κρεῖττον σιωπᾶν ἐστιν ἢ λαλεῖν μάτην.
   
8. Μηδὲν ἄγαν, καιρῷ πάντα πρόσεστι καλά.
   
9. Σοφώτατον χρόνος, ἀνευρίσκει γὰρ πάντα.
   
10. Τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπὸν ἐπισκόπει, φύλακα πολυπόνων.
    

early Christian inscription: "ΙΧΘΥΣ"

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Daily Greek Proverb Review: Oct. 23

Here are today's proverbs to review from the past 6 weeks; each proverb is linked to the blog post where it first appeared so that you can consult the English translation and commentary as needed, and also listen to the audio if you like. Plus you can find all 500 proverbs and all the audio at the blog, along with all the review Padlets that display the proverbs at random week by week, including the translation and commentary.

1. Νέα χελιδών.
   
2. Ἐξ ἑνὸς πηλοῦ.
   
3. Ἡφαίστειος δεσμός.
   
4. Ἥλιξ ἥλικα τέρπει.
   
5. Μῦς δακὼν παῖδ᾿ ἀπέφυγε.
   
6. Ὁ φεύγων μύλον ἄλφιτα φεύγει.
   
7. Τίμα τὸ γῆρας, οὐ γὰρ ἔρχεται μόνον.
8. Ἡ γλῶσσα πολλοὺς εἰς ὄλεθρον ἤγαγεν.
   
9. Ὕπνος τὰ μικρὰ τοῦ θανάτου μυστήρια.
10. Πολλοὶ μαθηταὶ κρείττονες διδασκάλων.
    

Hephaestus binds Aphrodite and Ares

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