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Aesop's Fables: Babrius

Babrius 42 = Perry 328

Δεῖπνόν τις εἶχε λαμπρὸν ἐν πόλει θύσας.
ὁ κύων δ' ὁ τούτου κυνὶ φίλῳ συναντήσας
ἐλθεῖν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἠρώτα.
κἀκεῖνος ἦλθε· τὸν δὲ τοῦ σκέλους ἄρας
ὁ μάγειρος ἐκτὸς ἐξέριψε τοῦ τοίχου
εἰς τὴν ἄγυιαν. τῶν κυνῶν δ' ἐρωτώντων
ὅπως ἐδείπνης', εἶπε "πῶς γὰρ ἂν κρεῖττον,
ὃς οὐδὲ ποίην ἀναλύειν με γινώσκω;"


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