piercing his ankles through with iron points

From LSJ

Μισῶ σοφιστήν, ὅστις οὐχ αὑτῷ σοφός → I hate the sage who is not wise for himself → Odi professum sapere, qui sibi non sapit → Den Weisen hass' ich, der in eigner Sache Tor

Menander, Monostichoi, 332

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

σφυρῶν σιδηρᾶ κέντρα διαπείρας μέσον

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