Esopo 3

Ἐλάτη καὶ βάτος.

Ἤριζον πρὸς ἀλλήλας ἐλάτη καὶ βάτος. Ἡ δὲ ἐλάτη ἑαυτὴν ἐπαινοῦσα ἔφη ὅτι ” καλή εἰμι καὶ εὐμήκης καὶ ὑψηλὴ καὶ χρησιμεύω εἰς ναῶν στέγη καὶ εἰς πλοῖα· καὶ πῶς ἐμοὶ συγκρίνῃ;”  Ἡ δὲ βάτος εἶπεν· “Εἰ μνησθῇς τῶν πελέκεων καὶ τῶν πριόνων τῶν σε κοπτόντων, βάτος γενέσθαι καὶ σὺ μᾶλλον θελήσεις.”

Ὅτι οὐ δεῖ ἐν βίῳ ὄντας ἐπαίρεσθαι ἐν τῇ δόξῃ· τῶν γὰρ εὐτελῶν ἀκίνδυνός ἐστιν ὁ βίος.

Referência do texto grego (Chambry 102.2)
CHAMBRY, Émile (ed.). Aesopi Fabulae. Paris: Société d’Édition “Les Belles Lettres”, 1925-1926, p.205. Edição digital disponível na Perseus Digital Library, com correções incidentais. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5090923. Acesso em 24.apr.2023.