Τὸ τῆς Ἀμαλθείας ______.
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Τὸ τῆς Ἀμαλθείας κέρας.______ πάντων ἐφορᾷ τέλος.
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Ζεὺς πάντων ἐφορᾷ τέλος.Ἔσω ______ καὶ ἔξω ἀλώπηξ.
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Ἔσω λέων καὶ ἔξω ἀλώπηξ.______ οἶκον οὐ τρέφει.
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Κάλλος οἶκον οὐ τρέφει.Τῶν ὤτων ἔχω τὸν ______.
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Τῶν ὤτων ἔχω τὸν λύκον.Τὸ τῆς Ἀμαλθείας κέρας.
The horn of Amaltheia.
This saying refers to a mythological "horn of plenty." Amaltheia was the foster-mother of the baby Zeus, whom his mother had to conceal from his father, and in some traditions, she was imagined to be a goat. When baby Zeus accidentally broke off one of her horns, the horn became a magical "horn of plenty" pouring forth food and drink in abundance. You can find out more at Wikipedia: Amalthea and Wikipedia: Cornucopia. The Greek κέρας gives us the scientific term keratin, the protein found in horns, nails, claws, hooves, etc.
Ζεὺς πάντων ἐφορᾷ τέλος.
Zeus oversses the outcome of all things.
This is another of the sayings attributed to Solon. The verb ἐφορᾷ is a compound of ἐπι and ὁρᾷ: the iota drops before the following vowel, and then the pi aspirates, resulting in the compound ἐφορᾷ. For more about the etymology of Zeus's name, which has Διός as its genitive form, see Wikipedia. The word τέλος has enormous range of meaning as you can see in the LSJ dictionary entry; the English word "end" has a similar range of meaning. From this Greek word we get English teleology.
῎Εσω λέων καὶ ἔξω ἀλώπηξ.
Inside, a lion — and outside, a fox.
The opposition between lion and fox is often found in Greek proverbs, and it is also a character opposition often found in Aesop's fables. The ἑρμηνεία (interpretation) that accompanies this proverb says "Mixing wickedness (fox) with audacity (lion), you seem to show what you are not and to hide what you happen to be." (The inclusion of these little interpretations is one of the distinctive features of the proverb collection attributed to Aesop.)
Κάλλος οἶκον οὐ τρέφει.
Beauty does not nourish the household.
The noun κάλλος, "beauty," stands here for the beautiful woman: someone might have married for beauty, but this proverb advocates for wives with skills needed to take care of the household.
Τῶν ὤτων ἔχω τὸν λύκον.
I've got the wolf by the ears.
I've got the wolf by the ears.
This refers to a no-win situation: it's dangerous to hold on, but it's also dangerous to let go! From this Greek root ὠτ- we get the English word otologist, an ear-doctor.
Τὸ τῆς Ἀμαλθείας ______.
______ πάντων ἐφορᾷ τέλος.
Ἔσω ______ καὶ ἔξω ἀλώπηξ.
______ οἶκον οὐ τρέφει.
Τῶν ὤτων ἔχω τὸν ______.
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Τὸ τῆς Ἀμαλθείας κέρας.______ πάντων ἐφορᾷ τέλος.
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Ζεὺς πάντων ἐφορᾷ τέλος.Ἔσω ______ καὶ ἔξω ἀλώπηξ.
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Ἔσω λέων καὶ ἔξω ἀλώπηξ.______ οἶκον οὐ τρέφει.
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Κάλλος οἶκον οὐ τρέφει.Τῶν ὤτων ἔχω τὸν ______.
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Τῶν ὤτων ἔχω τὸν λύκον.
And to finish up, here's a random proverb and a random LOLCat too:
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