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Aesop's Fables (Chambry edition)Chambry 78 = Perry 60 Γέρων καὶ θάνατος. Γέρων ποτὲ ξύλα κόψας καὶ ταῦτα φέρων πολλὴν ὁδὸν ἐβάδιζε. Διὰ δὲ τὸν κόπον τῆς ὁδοῦ ἀποθέμενος τὸ φορτίον τὸν Θάνατον ἐπεκαλεῖτο. Τοῦ δὲ Θανάτου φανέντος καὶ πυθομένου δι' ἣν αἰτίαν αὐτὸν παρακαλεῖται, ὁ γέρων ἔφη· Ἴνα τὸ φορτίον ἄρῃς. Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ ὅτι πᾶς ἄνθρωπος φιλόζωος, [ἐν τῷ βίῳ] κἂν δυστυχῇ. (variant version from Chambry's first edition) Γέρων καὶ θάνατος. Γέρων ποτὲ ξύλα κόψας καὶ ταῦτα φέρων πολλὴν ὁδὸν ἐβάδιζε, καὶ διὰ τὸν πολὺν κόπον ἀποθέμενος ἐν τόπῳ τινὶ τὸν φόρτον, τὸν Θάνατον ἐπεκαλεῖτο. Τοῦ δὲ Θανάτου παριόντος καὶ πυνθανομένου τὴν αἰτίαν δι' ἣν αὐτὸν ἐκάλει, δειλιάσας ὁ γέρων ἔφη· Ἴνα μου τὸν φόρτον ἄρῃς.Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ ὅτι πᾶς ἄνθρωπος φιλοζωεῖ, εἰ καὶ δυστυχεῖ καὶ πτωχός ἐστι. Chambry published a multivolume edition of the fables for the Belles Lettres series in 1925/6 (Paris). He later revised this into a single volume, omitting hundreds of the fable variants. In addition, the numeration between these two volumes is not consistent. The texts here are taken from the 1925/6 edition, but the numeration follows the stanard single volume edition. |
