Perry's Index to the Aesopica
Fables exist in many versions; here is one version in English:
APHRODITE AND THE WEASEL
A weasel once fell in love with a handsome young man and the blessed goddess
Aphrodite, the mother of desire, allowed the weasel to change her shape, so
that she appeared to be a beautiful woman whom any man would be glad to take
as his wife. As soon as the young man laid eyes on her, he also fell in love
and wanted to marry her. While the wedding feast was in progress, a mouse ran
by. The bride leaped up from her richly decorated couch and began to run after
the mouse, thus bringing an end to the wedding. After having played his little
joke, Eros took his leave: Nature had proved stronger than Love. |
 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 50: Gibbs (Oxford) 350 [English]
Perry 50: Jacobs 76 [English]
Perry 50: L'Estrange 61 [English]
Perry 50: Townsend 280 [English]
Perry 50: Babrius 32 [Greek]
Perry 50: Chambry 76 [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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