“I hate the drinking buddy who doesn’t forget.”
μισέω μνάμονα συμπόταν
A good bit of advice for New Year’s Eve…
Tag: Lyrics
Timotheus, 796 (Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.122cd)
Praxilla, fr. 750 (Schol. Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 528ff.)
“Friend, protect yourself against the scorpion under every stone.”
ὑπὸ παντὶ λίθῳ σκορπίον ὦ ἑταῖρε φυλάσσεο
This is cited by the scholiast when discussing the following passage, quite clearly about politicians (Ar. Thesm. 528-31)
τὴν παροιμίαν δ᾽ ἐπαινῶ
τὴν παλαιάν: ὑπὸ λίθῳ γὰρ
παντί νου χρὴ
μὴ δάκῃ ῥητωρ ἀθρεῖν.