Esopo 195

Γεωργὸς καὶ φυτόν.

Φυτὸν ἦν εἰς γεωργοῦ χώραν, καρπὸν μὴ φέρον, ἀλλὰ μόνον στρουθῶν καὶ τεττίγων κελαδούντων ἦν καταφυγή. Ὁ δὲ γεωργὸς ὡς ἄκαρπον ἐκτεμεῖν ἤμελλεν. Καὶ δὴ τὸν πέλεκυν λαβὼν ἐπέφερε τὴν πληγήν. Οἱ δὲ τέττιγες καὶ οἱ στρουθοὶ ἱκέτευον τὴν καταφυγὴν αὐτῶν μὴ ἐκκόψαι, ἀλλʼ ἐᾶσαι, ὥστε ᾄδειν ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ σὲ τὸν γεωργὸν τέρπειν. Ὁ δὲ μηδὲν αὐτῶν φροντίσας, καὶ δευτέραν πληγὴν καὶ τρίτην ἐπέφερε. Ὡς δὲ ἐκοίλανε τὸ δένδρον, σμῆνος μελισσῶν καὶ μέλι εὗρε. Γευσάμενος δὲ τὸν πέλεκυν ἔρριψε καὶ τὸ φυτὸν ἐτίμα ὡς ἱερὸν καὶ ἐπεμελεῖτο.

Ὅτι οὐ τοσοῦτον οἱ ἄνθρωποι φύσει τὸ δίκαιον ἀγαπῶσι καὶ τιμῶσιν ὅσον τὸ κερδαλέον ἐπιδιώκουσι.

Referência do texto grego (Chambry 85.1)
CHAMBRY, Émile (ed.). Aesopi Fabulae. Paris: Société d’Édition “Les Belles Lettres”, 1925-1926, p.177. Edição digital disponível na Perseus Digital Library, com correções incidentais. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5090923. Acesso em 24.apr.2023.