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Aesop's Fables: Babrius

Babrius 137 = Perry 2

Ὄνυξιν ἄρας ἄρνα λιπαρὸν ἐκ ποίμνης
ἤνεγκε παισὶν δεῖπνον αἰετὸς δώσειν·
τὸ δ' αὐτὸ πράξειν καὶ κολοιὸς ὡρμήθη.
καὶ δὴ καταπτὰς ἀρνὸς ἐσχέθη νώτοις
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"δίκην δ' ἀνοίης" εἶπεν "ἀξίως τίνω·
τί γὰρ ὢν κολοιὸς αἰετοὺς ἐμιμούμην;" 

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