Babrius (Aesop's Fables)

Aesop's Fables: Babrius

Ἑρμῆς ἅμαξαν ψευσμάτων τε πληρώσας
ἀπάτης τε πολλῆς καὶ πανουργίης πάσης,
ἤλαυνε διὰ γῆς, ἄλλο φῦλον ἐξ ἄλλου
σχεδίην ἀμείβων καὶ μέρος τι τῶν ὤνων
νέμων ἑκάστῳ μικρόν. ὡς δὲ τῷ χώρῳ
τῷ τῶν Ἀράβων ἐπῆλθε καὶ διεξῄει,
λέγουσιν αὐτοῦ συντριβεῖσαν ἐξαίφνης
ἐπισταθῆναι τὴν ἅμαξαν. οἱ δ' ὥσπερ
πολύτιμον ἁρπάζοντες ἐμπόρου φόρτον,
ἐκένωσαν αὐτὴν οὐδ' ἀφῆκαν εἰς ἄλλους
ἔτι προελθεῖν, καίπερ ὄντας, ἀνθρώπους.
ἐντεῦθεν Ἄραβές εἰσιν, ὡς ἐπειράθην,
ψεῦσταί τε καὶ γόητες, ὧν ἐπὶ γλώσσης
οὐδὲν κάθηται ῥῆμα τῆς ἀληθείης.

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.