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Mock not an older man (1)

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04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry



 		Keywords
age
sayings
Period
4th century CE 		Channel
Armenian culture
Iranian culture

Text
Admonitions of Ādurbād 56 (Middle Persian):
Mock not an older man, for you too will (one day) be much older.

Ahiqar (Armenian Version) B.80:
Son, whenever thou beholdest an aged man, do thou rise and stand up and magnify him; and when thou growest old, others will do the same to thee.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Admonitions of Ādurbād 56 (Middle Persian)
Ahiqar (Armenian Version) B.80

Bibliography

de Blois 1984, 48de Blois, F. “The Admonitions of Adurbad and their Relationship to the Ahiqar Legend.” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1984) 41-53.

Amar Annus


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