“There is an old saying that wolves are stronger than dogs, but the harvest of papyrus prevails not over corn.”
ἀλλ᾽ ἔστι φήμη τοὺς λύκους κρείσσους κυνῶν
εἶναι: βύβλου δὲ καρπὸς οὐ κρατεῖ στάχυν.
A Puzzling Saying: Aeschylus, Suppliants 760-1
“There is an old saying that wolves are stronger than dogs, but the harvest of papyrus prevails not over corn.”
ἀλλ᾽ ἔστι φήμη τοὺς λύκους κρείσσους κυνῶν
εἶναι: βύβλου δὲ καρπὸς οὐ κρατεῖ στάχυν.