Πυανόψια
From LSJ
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
English (LSJ)
(sc. ἱερά), τά, an Athenian festival in the month Πυανοψιών, in honour of Apollo, Lycurg.Fr.84: elsewh. written Πυανέψια (cf. sq.) and expld. fr. πύανον ἕψειν, of a dish of beans cooked and offered, Plu. Thes.22, Ath.10.408a, etc.; acc. to Lycurg.l.c. the other Greeks called it Πανόψια ( Πανοψίαν codd.).
Greek Monolingual
τὰ, Α
βλ. Πυανέψια.
