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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 8
Section 496 of 882
Canonical reference 2.21.8
Ancient Greek
ἁρμόττει δʼ ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις καὶ τὰ Λακωνικὰ ἀποφθέγματα καὶ τὰ αἰνιγματώδη, οἷον εἴ τις λέγει ὅπερ Στησίχορος ἐν Λοκροῖς εἶπεν, ὅτι οὐ δεῖ ὑβριστὰς εἶναι, ὅπως μὴ οἱ τέττιγες χαμόθεν ᾄδωσιν.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
In such cases Laconic apophthegms and riddling sayings are suitable; as, for instance, to say what Stesichorus said to the Locrians, that they ought not to be insolent, lest their cicadas should be forced to chirp from the ground.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Dans de tels cas conviennent les apophtegmes laconiques et les propos énigmatiques, comme lorsqu'on rapporte ce que Stésichore dit aux Locriens : ils ne devaient pas se montrer insolents, de peur que leurs cigales ne fussent contraintes de chanter depuis le sol.