Ἔπαφος
οὐκ ἂν λάβοις παρὰ τοῦ μὴ ἔχοντος → you can't take from one who doesn't have, you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip, you can't get blood out of a turnip, you can't get blood from a stone, you can't get blood out of a stone
English (LSJ)
ὁ, a son of Zeus and Io, A.Pr.851 (v. ἁφή); the Hellenic representative of the Egyptian god Apis, Hdt.2.153, 3.27,28.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Ἔπαφος: ὁ, υἱὸς τοῦ Διὸς καὶ τῆς Ἰοῦς, Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 850· ἴδε ἐν λ. ἀφή· ὁ δὲ Ἆπις κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλήνων γλῶσσάν ἐστι Ἔπαφος Ἡρόδ. 2. 153., 3. 27, 28.
English (Slater)
Ἔπαφος son of Zeus and Io. “φαμὶ γὰρ τᾶσδ' ἐξ ἁλιπλάκτου ποτὲ γᾶς (Θήρας) Ἐπάφοιο κόραν ἀστέων ῥίζαν φυτεύσεσθαι” i. e. Libya, daughter of Epaphos (P. 4.14)
1 πολλὰ δ' Αἰγύπτῳ κατῴκισθεν ἄστη ταῖς Ἐπάφου παλάμαις (N. 10.5)
English (Slater)
Ἔπαφος son of Zeus and Io. “φαμὶ γὰρ τᾶσδ' ἐξ ἁλιπλάκτου ποτὲ γᾶς (Θήρας) Ἐπάφοιο κόραν ἀστέων ῥίζαν φυτεύσεσθαι” i. e. Libya, daughter of Epaphos (P. 4.14)
1 πολλὰ δ' Αἰγύπτῳ κατῴκισθεν ἄστη ταῖς Ἐπάφου παλάμαις (N. 10.5)
