Saturday, June 23, 2018

TFBT: Quotes for June II


“Athenaeus gives us the word kunophontes as descriptive of the Argive ....formal dog-sacrifice. “ page 28 Farnell

“Such discord in the interpretation provokes a sadly humor- ous feeling, and illustrates how unauthoritative is that
branch of comparative mythology which concerns itself
with the discovery of origins. “ 179. Farnell

The things you learn watching Nash Bridges. “Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.”  Exodus 23:20

Many writers throughout antiquity preferred not to opt for a name but to use expressions such as "the poet of the Cypria."  ML West, Greek Epic Fragment

Thetis told Achilles not to be the first to disembark from the ships, as the first to disembark would be the first to die. ML West, Greek Epic Fragment 

“There is no sense with the Centaurs.” A proverbial saying. I t is a phrase from Pisander, applied to impossible situations. Hesychius, Lexicon







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