Brewer's: Megarians

(The). A people of Greece proverbial for their stupidity; hence the proverb, “Wise as a Megarian” —i.e. not wise at all; yet see above.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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