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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Carpathian Wizard

Proteus (2 syl.), who lived in the island of Carpathos, between Rhodes and Crete. He was a wizard and prophet, who could transform himself into any shape he pleased. He is represented as carrying a sort of crook in his hand. Carpathos, now called Scarpanto.

“By the Carpathian wizard's hook.”

Milton: Comus, 893.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Carpe Diem
Carouse the hunter's hoop.
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