Perry's Index to the Aesopica
Fables exist in many versions; here is one version in English:
THE SOW AND THE LIONESS
The story goes that a sow who had delivered a whole litter of piglets loudly
accosted a lioness, 'How many children do you breed?' asked the sow. 'I breed
only one,' said the lioness, 'but he is very well bred!'
The fable shows that a single man who is remarkable for physical strength
and bravery and wisdom is mightier than many weak and foolish people. |
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 257: Gibbs (Oxford) 195 [English]
Perry 257: L'Estrange 121 [English]
Perry 257: Townsend 42 [English]
Perry 257: Chambry 194 [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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