Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Plato and the Bees.

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Plato.

Plato’s Year.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Plato and the Bees.

When Plato was an infant, some bees settled on his lips when he was asleep, indicating that he would become famous for his honeyed words. The same is said of Soph

s, Pindar, St. Ambrose, St. Chrysostom, and others.

“And as when Plato did i’ the cradle thrive,

Bees to his lips brought honey from their hive.”

W. Browne: Britannia’s Pastorals, ii.

Plato.

Plato’s Year.

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