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εὐνοῦχός τις ἔχει καλὰ παιδία: πρὸς τίνα χρῆσιν;
— Paton edition
καὶ τούτοισι βλάβην οὐχ ὁσίην παρέχει.
ὄντως ὡς ὁ κύων φάτνῃ ῥόδα, μωρὰ δ᾽ ὑλακτῶν
οὔθ᾽ αὑτῷ παρέχει τἀγαθὸν, οὔθ᾽ ἑτέρῳ.
A certain eunuch has good-looking servant-boys — for what use ? — and he does them abominable injury. Truly, like the dog in the manger with the roses, and stupidly barking, he neither gives the good thing to himself nor to anyone else.
— Paton edition
Un eunuque a de beaux mignons ; mais pour quoi faire ? Sans compter qu’il leur cause un dommage impie.
— R. Aubreton
C’est l’histoire du chien ayant dans la mangeoire une rose et qui aboie bêtement : son trésor, sans en jouir lui-même, il l’interdit aux autres.
Un eunuque a de beaux mignons ; mais pour quoi faire ? Sans compter qu’il leur cause un dommage impie.
— R. Aubreton
C’est l’histoire du chien ayant dans la mangeoire une rose et qui aboie bêtement : son trésor, sans en jouir lui-même, il l’interdit aux autres.
A certain eunuch has good-looking servant-boys — for what use ? — and he does them abominable injury. Truly, like the dog in the manger with the roses, and stupidly barking, he neither gives the good thing to himself nor to anyone else.
— Paton edition
εὐνοῦχός τις ἔχει καλὰ παιδία: πρὸς τίνα χρῆσιν;
— Paton edition
καὶ τούτοισι βλάβην οὐχ ὁσίην παρέχει.
ὄντως ὡς ὁ κύων φάτνῃ ῥόδα, μωρὰ δ᾽ ὑλακτῶν
οὔθ᾽ αὑτῷ παρέχει τἀγαθὸν, οὔθ᾽ ἑτέρῳ.
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