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Aesop's Fables: Babrius

Babrius 56 = Perry 364

Εὐτεκνίης ἔπαθλα πᾶσι τοῖς ζώοις
ὁ Ζεὺς ἔθηκε, πάντα δ' ἔβλεπεν κρίνων.
ἦλθεν δὲ καὶ πίθηκος, ὡς καλοῦ μήτηρ,
πίθωνα γυμνὸν σιμὸν ἠρμένη κόλποις.
γέλως δ' ἐπ' αὐτῷ τοῖς θεοῖς ἐκινήθη.
ἡ δ' εἶπεν οὕτω· "Ζεὺς μὲν οἶδε τὴν νίκην,
ἐμοὶ δὲ πάντων οὗτός ἐστι καλλίων."
[Ὁ λόγος δοκεῖ μοι πᾶσι τοῦτο σημαίνειν,
τὸν αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ πᾶς τις εὐπρεπῆ κρίνει.]


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