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Aesop's Fables: Babrius

Babrius 66 = Perry 266

Θεῶν Προμηθεὺς ἦν τις, ἀλλὰ τῶν πρώτων.
τοῦτον πλάσασθαί φασι δεσπότην ζώων
ἄνθρωπον εκ γῆς· ἐκ δὲ τοῦ δύω πήρας
κρεμάσαι φέροντά φασι τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις
κακῶν γεμούσας, τὴν πρόσω μὲν ὀθνείων,
ἰδίων δὲ τὴν ὄπισθεν, ἥτις ἦν μείζων.
διόμοι δοκοῦσι συμπορὰς μὲν ἀλλήλων
βλέπειν ἀκριβῶς, ἀγνοεῖν δὲ τὰς οἴκοι.

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