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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Daily Greek Proverb Review: Oct. 22

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. Γάλα ὀρνίθων.
   
2. Λοκρικὸς βοῦς.
   
3. Μεγαρέων δάκρυα.
   
4. Ζῇ ἀεὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια.
   
5. Οἱ φῶρες τὴν βοήν.
   
6. Γυμνὸς ὡς ἐκ μήτρας.
   
7. Ζήνωνος ἐγκρατέστερος.
   
8. Ουδεὶς πεινῶν καλὰ ᾄδει.
   
9. Γέρων ἀλώπηξ οὐχ ἁλίσχεται.
   
10. Τὸν ἕτερον πόδα ἐν τῃ σορῷ ἔχων.
    

Zeno the Stoic philosopher

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Daily Greek Proverb Review: Oct. 21

I don't know about everybody else, but these last weeks leading into the election and what is likely to be a tumultuous aftermath to the election has me kind of distracted! So, since we just reached 500 proverbs, I thought it might be a good occasion to switch to a more intermittent review system, reviewing the proverbs each time we hit a nice round number like that. So, for the next 3 weeks, I'll be doing a review of the new 150 proverbs added since the last big review. Each day will feature a random selection of 10 proverbs, and those proverbs will be linked to the blog post where they first appeared so that you can consult the English translation and commentary as needed, and also listen to the audio if you like.

Here then are today's proverbs to review, plus you can find all 500 proverbs and all the audio at the blog, along with all the review Padlets which display the proverbs at random week by week including the translation and commentary.

1. Προμέρου κύνες.
   
2. Ὑπὲρ κάρα πτύεις.
   
3. Κοινὰ πάθη πάντων.
   
4. Μὴ κίνει Καμάριναν.
   
5. Ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς.
   
6. Μήτε νεῖν, μήτε γράμματα.
   
7. Ὁ οἶνος οὐκ ἔχει πηδάλια.
   
8. Πονηρός ἐστι πᾶς ἀχάριστος ἄνθρωπος.
   
9. Κάτοπτρον εἴδους χαλκός ἐστ'· οἶνος δὲ νοῦ.
   
10. Φάγε ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ ἄρτον σου καὶ πίε ἐν καρδίᾳ ἀγαθῇ οἶνόν σου.

bronze mirror

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