Demades

Demades (Ancient Greek: Δημάδης Δημέου Παιανιεύς, Dēmádēs Dēméou Paianieús; c. 380 – c. 318 BC) was an Athenian orator and demagogue. Quotes thumb|Ὗς τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν.Sus Minervam [docet].The sow correcting Athena. Ὅτι δι' αἵματος, οὐ διὰ μέλανος, τοὺς νόμους ὁ Δράκων ἔγραψεν. Draco’s laws were written not with ink, but blood. In Plutarch, Life of Solon, sec. 17 (tr. Bernadotte Perrin, 1923). See also: Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, bk. 11, ch. 18, and 'draconian' Δημοσθένης ἐμὲ βούλεται διορθοῦν, ἡ ὗς τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν. Demosthenes would correct me — 'the sow correcting Athena'. In Plutarch, Moralia, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae (tr. H. N. Fowler, 1936). Plutarch also quotes Demosthenes' reply, "Yes, your Athena was caught in adultery last year!" Cited by Erasmus, Adagia, 1, 1, 40: Tritissimum apud Latinos autores adagium Ὗς τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν, id est Sus Mineruam, subaudiendum 'docet' aut 'monet'. See also: Theocritus, Idylls, 5, l. 23, Ὗς ποτ᾽ Ἀθαναίαν ἔριν ἤρισεν.—"The sow defied Athene!" (tr. Andrew Lang, 1889)—cited in Erasmus, Adagia, 1, 1, 41, Sus cum Minerva certamen suscepit. Quotations: Etsi sus Minervam. / Teaching one's grandmother. (lit. "The pig teaching Minerva") Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, bk. 9, ep. 18 (tr. W. Glynn Williams, 1927) In Latin they say Sus Minervam, when an unlearned dunce goeth about to teach his better or a more learned man, then doth the Hog teach Pallas, or as we say in English, the foul Sow teach the fair Lady to spin. Edward Topsell, The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents (1658) p. 523 External links Βίοι Παράλληλοι/Σόλων at Greek Wikisource "A Pig Teaches Minerva". Sententiae Antiquae (11 August 2020) Category:Politicians from Greece Category:Orators Category:People from Athens