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Aesop's Fables: Babrius

Babrius 83 = Perry 319

Κριθάς τις ἵππου πανδοκεῦσι πωλήσας
ἱπποκόμος, εἶτα πᾶσαν ἑσπέρην πίνων,
ἔψηχεν ἐκτένιζεν ἡμέρῃ πάσῃ.
ὁ δ' εἶπεν "εἰ θέλεις με ταῖς ἀληθείαις
καλὸν γενέσθαι, τὸ τρέφον με μὴ πώλει."
[Τῶν καιρίων δεῖ τὸν φιλοῦντα φροντίζειν
καὶ συμφερόντων· κόσμος οὐδὲν ὠνήσει
τὸν ἀποροῦντα τῶν ἀναγκαίων χρειῶν.]

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.