Name: Cicero Entire
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Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero

glauk' eis Athēnas

(carrying) owls to Athens

Source: Aristophanes, Birds 301 (proverbial)

Etymology

Proverbial: bringing what is plentiful where it already abounds; cf. coals to Newcastle.

Occurs in 2 works (2 mentions)

Ad Familiares 9.3 19 April 46 BC · 1 occurrence

Ad Familiares 6.3 January 45 BC · 1 occurrence