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Aesop's Fables: Babrius

Babrius 89 = Perry 155

Λύκος ποτ' ἄρνα πεπλανημένον ποίμνης
ἰδὼν βίῃ μὲν οὐκ ἐπῆλθεν ἁρπάξων,
ἔγκλημα δ' ἔχθρης εὐπρόσωπον ἐζήτει.
"σὺ δή με πέρυσι μικρὸς ὢν ἐβλασφήμεις."
"ἐγὼ σε πέρυσιν; οὐκ ἐπ' ἔτος ἐγεννήθην."
"οὔκουν σὺ τὴν ἄρουραν ἣν ἔχω κείρεις;"
"οὔπω τι χλωρὸν ἔφαγον οὐδ' ἐβοσκήθην."
"οὐδ' ἆρα πηγὴν ἐκπέπωκας ἣν πίνω;"
"θηλὴ μεθύσκει μέχρι νῦν με μητρώη."
τότε δὴ τὸν ἄρνα συλλαβών τε καὶ τρώγων
"ἀλλ' οὐκ ἄδειπνον" εἶπε "τὸν λύκον θήσεις,
κἂν εὐχερῶς μου πᾶσαν αἰτίην λύσῃς.


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.