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Aesop's Fables: Babrius

Babrius 143 = Perry 176

Ἔχιν γεωργὸς ἐκπνέοντ' ὑπὸ ψύχους
λαβὼν ἔθαλπεν· ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνος ἡπλώθη
τῇ χειρὶ προχφύς, καὶ δακὼν ἀνιήτως
ἔκτεινεν [αὐτὸν τὸν θέλοντ' ἀναστῆσαι.]
θνῄσκων δὲ μῦθον εἶπεν ἄξιον μνήμης·
"δίκαια πάσχω τὸν πονηρὸν οἰκτείρας."


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