Re: Corax and Tisias

• To: Jim Beale <jbeale@plunger.gdeb.com>
• Subject: Re: Corax and Tisias
• From: Carl W Conrad <cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu>
• Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 14:19:29 -0600 (CST)
• Cc: B-GREEK@virginia.edu
• In-Reply-To: <9411211830.AA27629@lime.wustl.edu>

I'm not repeating the original message, which I trust others will have 
gotten. I'll attempt a translation of the phrase and then leave it to 
others to essay the interpretation.

KAKOU KORAKOS KAKON WON "A bad rook's egg is bad." or: "When a 
mischievous bird of prey lays an egg, the egg too is mischievous."

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University
One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
(314) 935-4018
cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu  OR cwc@oui.com

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