Perry's Index to the Aesopica
Fables exist in many versions; here is one version in English:
THE FOX AND THE CROCODILE
The fox and the crocodile were disputing about their pedigrees. The crocodile
was proudly enumerating the eminent qualities of his ancestors, and when he
said that they had been the highest ranking athletic officials, the fox remarked,
'My dear sir, even if you had not mentioned it, the mere condition of your skin
is evidence enough that you have suffered long years of athletic sports out
of doors in the sun!' |
 Source:
Aesop's Fables. A new translation by Laura
Gibbs.
Oxford University Press (World's Classics): Oxford, 2002.
NOTE: New
cover, with new ISBN, published in 2008; contents of book unchanged.
Perry 20: Gibbs (Oxford) 189 [English]
Perry 20: L'Estrange 102 [English]
Perry 20: Chambry 35 [Greek]
You can find a compilation of Perry's index to the Aesopica in the gigantic appendix to his
edition of Babrius and Phaedrus for the Loeb Classical Library
(Harvard University Press: Cambridge, 1965). This book is an absolute must for anyone interested
in the Aesopic fable tradition. Invaluable.
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