Esopo 165

Ἀνὴρ δειλὸς καὶ κόρακες.

Ἀνὴρ δειλὸς ἐπὶ πόλεμον ἐξῄει. Φθεγξαμένων δὲ κοράκων, τὰ ὅπλα θεὶς ἡσύχαζεν, εἶτ’ ἀναλαβὼν αὖθις ἐξῄει, καὶ φθεγγομένων πάλιν, ὑπέστη καὶ τέλος εἶπεν· ” Ὑμεὶς κεκράξεσθε μὲν ὡς δύνασθε μέγιστον· ἐμοῦ δὲ οὐ γεύσεσθε.”

Ὁ μῦθος περὶ τῶν σφόδρα δειλῶν.

Referência do texto grego (Chambry 47)
CHAMBRY, Émile (ed.). Aesopi Fabulae. Paris: Société d’Édition “Les Belles Lettres”, 1925-1926, p.113. Edição digital disponível na Perseus Digital Library, com correções incidentais. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5090923. Acesso em 24.apr.2023.