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Aesop's Fables: Babrius

Babrius 84 = Perry 137

Κώνωψ ἐπιστὰς κέρατι καμπύλῳ ταύρου
μικρόν τ' ἐπισχὼν εἶπε ταῦτα βομβήσας·
"εἴ σου βαρύνω τὸν τένοντα καὶ κλίνω,
καθεδοῦμ' ἀπελθὼν ποταμίης ἐπ' αἰγείρου."
ὁ δ' "οὐ μέλει μοι" φησίν "οὔτ' ἐὰν μείνῃς
οὔτ' ἢν ἀπέλθῃς, οὐδ' ὅτ' ἦλθες ἐγνώκειν."
[Γελοῖος ὅστις οὐδὲν ὢν κατ' ἀνθρώπων
τῶν κρειττόνων θρασύνεθ' ὥς τις ὢν κρείττων.]

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