# The Proverbs of Zenobius--where to find?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 28, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proverbs-of-zenobius-where-to-find/555405 "2010-09-28T23:13:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proverbs-of-zenobius-where-to-find/555405/21 "2010-10-08T22:33:21Z")

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> [@Dog80](#):
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> > [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#):
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> > So **Dog80** , regarding Zenobius, [is he any good](http://books.google.com/books?id=OUMOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false)?
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> Thanks for the link.
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> These aren’t proverbs [like these](http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sstm/wpoverbs.htm). It is more like a list of idioms and expressions of the time and most of them make absolutely no sense outside the context of the era.
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> For example, number 3. **Αγαθά Κυλλικών** translates as Goods of Killikon. According to the explanation Killikon was a guy who became rich by betraying his hometown.
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> Or Number 5, **Αγορά Κερκώπων** , market of [Kerkopes](http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/Kerkopes.html), according to the explanation it is said for wicked, ill-meaning people.
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> This book might be useful to a scholar but it is not amusing to read so it is not surprising it was never translated to English.

Oh.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proverbs-of-zenobius-where-to-find/555405/22 "2010-10-08T23:00:31Z")

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> [@Dog80](#):
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> > [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#):
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> > So **Dog80** , regarding Zenobius, [is he any good](http://books.google.com/books?id=OUMOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false)?
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> Thanks for the link.
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> These aren’t proverbs [like these](http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sstm/wpoverbs.htm). It is more like a list of idioms and expressions of the time and most of them make absolutely no sense outside the context of the era.

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

That, or Mad Magazine. 😉

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