Ἔχις καὶ ῥίνη.
Ἔχις εἰσελθὼν εἰς χαλκουργοῦ ἐργαστήριον παρὰ τῶν σκευῶν ἔρανον ᾔτει· λαβὼν δὲ παρ’ αὐτῶν ἧκε πρὸς τὴν ῥίνην καὶ αὐτὴν παρεκάλει δοῦναί τι αὐτῷ. Ἡ δὲ ὑποτυχοῦσα εἶπεν· ” Ἀλλ’ εὐηθὴς εἶ παρ’ ἐμοῦ τι ἀποίσεσθαι οἰόμενος, ἥτις οὐ διδόναι, ἀλλὰ λαμβάνειν παρὰ πάντων εἴωθα.”
Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ ὅτι μάταιοί εἰσιν οἱ παρὰ φιλαργύρων τι κερδανεῖν προσδοκῶντες.
Referência do texto grego (Chambry 117)
CHAMBRY, Émile (ed.). Aesopi Fabulae. Paris: Société d’Édition “Les Belles Lettres”, 1925-1926, p.226. Edição digital disponível na Perseus Digital Library, com correções incidentais. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5090923. Acesso em 24.apr.2023.
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