Proverbia Grecorum
7th-8th century Latin collection of proverbs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Proverbia Grecorum (sometimes Parabolae Gregorum, both meaning "proverbs of the Greeks") is an anonymous Latin collection of proverbs compiled in the seventh or eighth century AD in the British Isles, probably in Ireland. Despite the name, it has no known Greek source. It was perhaps designed as a secular complement to the Hebrew Bible's Book of Proverbs.
Within about a century of its composition, the Proverbia was being copied in northern Italy, yet all surviving manuscripts have an Anglo-Saxon or Celtic connection. Only one complete copy survives, but excerpts (with citations) are found in at least eight other manuscripts. There are seventy-four proverbs, but seven others with no connection to the original work are erroneously attributed to it in various manuscripts.