to ward off the foeman's spear from the mother who bore him

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Ἐμπειρία γὰρ τῆς ἀπειρίας κρατεῖ → Inscitiam etenim vincit experientiaErfahrung überwindet Unerfahrenheit

Menander, Monostichoi, 169

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

εἴργειν τεκούσῃ μητρὶ πολέμιον δόρυ

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