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Appendix XXI. Equus circensis (Perry 549)

Ferendum esse aequo animo quidquid acciderit

Equum e quadriga multis palmis nobilem
abegit quidam et in pistrinum uendidit.
Productus ad bibendum cum foret a molis,
incircum aequales ire conspexit suos,
ut grata ludis redderent certamina.
Lacrimis obortis "Ite felices," ait,
"celebrate sine me cursu sollemnem diem;
ego, quo scelesta furis attraxit manus,
ibi sorte tristi fata deflebo mea."


Latin text from Phaedrus at The Latin Library (Ad Fontes), English translations from The Fables of Phaedrus Translated into English Verse by Christopher Smart (London: 1913). Ben Perry, Babrius and Phaedrus (Loeb), contains the Latin texts of Phaedrus, with a facing English translation, along with a valuable appendix listing all the Aesop's fables attested in Greek and/or in Latin. Invaluable.