Psellos compared a man to an ill-behaved Arabian dog, attacking sheep, not wolves, poisonous & to be suppressed
Unit appears in:
KONSTANTINOS X (1059-1067)
1060
Summary:
Psellos described a man as an Arabian dog of poor character, eating sheep, not biting wolves - but a way was found to stop this. Such people prepare a sting and poison like a scorpion or poisonous snake, so they must be crushed before they bite
Dates:
1060 (Uncertain)
man compared to a dog by Michael Psellos (
Anonymus 2526
)
He was compared by
Michael 61
to an Arabian dog of poor character, eating sheep, not biting wolves; such people prepare a sting and poison like a scorpion or poisonous snake, so they must be crushed before they bite (:)
Psellos Letters (K - D) 195, 221.19-222.13
Michael Psellos (named Konstantinos till tonsure in 1054) (
Michael 61
)
He said
Anonymus 2526
was an Arabian dog of poor character
Psellos Letters (K - D) 195, 221.19-222.13
He said
Anonymus 2526
was an Arabian dog of poor character, eating sheep, not biting wolves - but a way was found to stop this; such people prepare a sting and poison like a scorpion or poisonous snake, so they must be crushed before they bite (:)
Psellos Letters (K - D) 195, 221.19-222.13