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Aesop's Fables: Babrius

Babrius 141 = Perry 164

Γάλλοις ἀγύρταις εἰς τὸ κοινὸν ἐπράθη
ὄνος τις οὐκ εὔμοιρος ἀλλὰ δυσδαίμων,
ὅστις φέρῃ πτωχοῖσι καὶ πανουργοῦσιν
πείνης ἄκος δίψης τε καὶ τὰ τῆς τέχνης.
οὗτοι δὲ κύκλῳ πᾶσαν ἐξ ἔθους κώμην
περιιόντες ἔλεγον ᾖα· τίς γὰρ ἀγροίκων
οὐκ οἶδεν Ἄττιν λευκὸν ὡς ἐπηρώθη;
τίς οὐκ ἀπαρχὰς ὀσπρίων τε καὶ σίτων
ἁγνῷ φέρων δίδωσι τυμπάνῳ Ῥείης;  .     .     . 

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