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God lends a hand (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Proverb collections 04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry 04.03 Wisdom literature 04.03.06 Proverb collections	Keywords gods sayings success
Period 5th century BCE Greek Classical Age	Channel Greek poets

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Sumero-Akkadian Proverb:
When you put your mind to it, your god is yours; when you do not put your mind to it, your god is not yours.

Aeschylus, Persians 762-763:
But when one makes an effort, God too lends a hand.

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Aeschylus, Persians 762-763
Sumero-Akkadian Proverb

Bibliography

Lambert 1960, 227	Lambert, Wilfred G. Babylonian Wisdom Literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1960.
West 1997, 552	West, Martin L. The East Face of Helicon. West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1997.

Amar Annus

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