John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9689 Misellaneous Translations John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9689 |
| AUTHOR: | Miscellaneous Translations |
| QUOTATION: | Leave no stone unturned. 1 |
| Note 1. Euripides: Heracleidæ, 1002. This may be traced to a response of the Delphic oracle given to Polycrates, as the best means of finding a treasure buried by Xerxes’ general, Mardonius, on the field of Platæa. The oracle replied, [greek], “Turn every stone.”—Leutsch and Schneidewin: Corpus Paræmiographorum Græcorum, vol. i. p. 146. [back] |