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verb (inf=to bring owl, owls to Athens, brings owls to Athens, bringing owls to Athens, brought owls to Athens)
- (idiom) To undertake a pointless venture, one that is redundant, unnecessary, superfluous, or highly uneconomical.
Translations: - Dutch: uilen naar Athene brengen, uilen naar Athene dragen
- German: Eulen nach Athen tragen
- Italian: portare nottole ad Atene
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek proverb (polytonic, á" á á) (glauk eis AthÄnas). The owl, which roosted in the rafters of the old Parthenon (the one burnt by w:Xerxes I, Xerxes I), was the symbol of the city of w:Athens, Athens, and was sacred to its patron goddess, w:Athena, Athena. It was featured on Athens' silver coins, and as Athens both mined its own silver and minted its own coins, bringing owls (either the real birds, or the coins) to Athens would be pointless.
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