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Aesop's Fables: Babrius

Babrius 30 = Perry 307

Γλύψας ἐπώλει λύγδινόν τις Ἑρμείην.
τὸν δ' ἠγόραζον ἄνδρες, ὅς μὲν εἰς στήλην
--υἱὸς γὰρ αὐτῷ προσφάτως ἐτεθνήκει--,
ὁ δὲ χειροτέχνης ὡς θεὸν καθιδρύσων.
ἦν δ' ὀψέ, χὠ λιθουργὸς οὐκ ἐπεπράκει,
συνθέμενος αὐτοῖς εἰς τὸν ὄρθρον αὖ δείξειν
ἐλθοῦσιν. ὁ δὲ λιθουργὸς εἶδεν ὑπνώσας
αὐτὸν τὸν Ἑρμῆν ἐν πύλαις ὀνειρείαις
"εἶεν" λέγοντα "τἀμὰ νῦν ταλαντεύῃ·
ἢ γὰρ με νεκρὸν ἢ θεὸν σὺ ποιήσεις." 
Ben Perry, Babrius and Phaedrus (Loeb). This edition contains the Greek texts of Babrius, with a facing English translation, and an extensive index covering the Greek and Latin fable tradition. This book is an absolute must for anyone interested in the Aesopic fable tradition. Invaluable.