Δόλοπες

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πρὶν τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἑλεῖν σὺ τὴν ἅλμην κυκᾷς → you're mixing the sauce before catching the fish | don't count your chickens before they are hatched | don't count your chickens before they hatch | first catch your hare | first catch your rabbit | first catch your rabbit and then make your stew | first catch your hare, then cook it | first catch your hare, then cook him

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English (Autenrieth)

see Δόλοψ.

English (Slater)

Δόλοπες a tribe in Thessaly, noted slingsmen. (Φοίνιξ) ὃς Δολόπων ἄγαγε θρασὺν ὅμιλον σφενδονᾶσαι ἱπποδάμων Δαναῶν βέλεσι πρόσφορον (Strabo, 9. 5. 5. adduces this passage to show that the Dolopes fought under Phoinix at Troy, a fact not stated by Homer) fr. 183.