Daily Greek Proverb Review: Nov. 6

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. Δόξαν δίωκε.
   
2. Ψέγε μηδένα.
   
3. Πόνον σπείρεις.
   
4. Διομήδειος ἀνάγκη.
   
5. Ὅμοιον ὁμοίῳ φίλον.
   
6. Θεὸς διὰ πάντα τελευτᾷ.
   
7. Ἡ εὐλάβεια σῴζει πάντα.
   
8. Δίδοτε, καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν.
   
9. Τὸν ἀτυχῆ καὶ πρόβατον δάκνει.
   
10. Ἔργα νέων, βουλαὶ δὲ μέσων, εὐχαὶ δὲ γερόντων.
    
    

Diomedes and Odysseus stealing the Palladium

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Daily Greek Proverb Review: Nov. 5

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. Οὐδὲν ἱερόν.
   
2. Ξυρεῖς λέοντα.
   
3. Εἰς κόλπον πτύειν.
   
4. Ὄνος ἄγει μυστήρια.
   
5. Ἐμπεδοκλέους ἔχθρα.
   
6. Πάντα λίθον κινεῖν.
   
7. Ἀεὶ τὰ πέρυσι βελτίω.
   
8. Αὐτοὶ χελώνας ἐσθίετε.
   
9. Σίδηρον πλεῖν διδάσκεις.
   
10. Βλέποντα ὀξύτερον τοῦ Λυγκέως.

Aesop's proud donkey

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Daily Greek Proverb Review: Nov. 4

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. Δάτος ἀγαθῶν.
   
2. Τύχη εὔριπος.
   
3. Κάθαμμα λύειν.
   
4. Ἡράκλειος νόσος.
   
5. Ἄτλας τὸν οὐρανόν.
   
6. Ὄνου πόκους ζητεῖς.
   
7. Ἄνθρακες ὁ θησαυρός.
   
8. Κλύει δὲ καὶ πρόσωθεν ὢν θεός.
   
9. Πενίας βαρύτερον οὐδέν ἐστι φορτίον.
   
10. Μικρά γε πρόφασίς ἐστι τοῦ πρᾶξαι κακῶς.
    

Atlas and Heracles

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Daily Greek Proverb Review: Nov. 1

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. Σοφοῖς χρῶ.
   
2. Ἄριστον μὲν ὕδωρ.
   
3. Ἅλας ἄγων καθεύδεις.
   
4. Λῦπαι νόσους τίκτουσιν.
   
5. Μία μάστιξ πάντας ἐλαύνει.
   
6. Ἐμοῦ θανόντος γαῖα μιχθήτω πυρί.
   
7. Λάβετε, τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ σῶμά μου.
   
8. Μέγιστον ὀργῆς ἐστι φάρμακον λόγος.
   
9. Δίκαιος εἶναι μᾶλλον ἢ χρηστὸς θέλε.
   
10. Ἡ δὲ μωρία μάλιστ' ἀδελφὴ τῆς πονηρίας ἔφυ.
    

Last Supper mosaic (Palermo, Sicily)

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