Esopo 355

Ἄρκτος καὶ ἀλώπηξ.

Ἄρκτος μεγάλως ἐκαυχᾶτο ὡς φιλάνθρωπος ὤν, ἐπεὶ νεκρὸν σῶμα οὐκ ἐσθίει· πρὸς ὃν ἡ ἀλώπηξ εἶπεν· ” Εἴθε νεκροὺς εἶλκες, ἀλλὰ μὴ τοὺς ζῶντας.”

Οὖτος ὁ μῦθος πλεονέκτας τοὺς ἐν ὑποκρίσει καὶ κενοδοξίᾳ βιοῦντας ἐλέγχει.

Referência do texto grego (Chambry 63.2)
CHAMBRY, Émile (ed.). Aesopi Fabulae. Paris: Société d’Édition “Les Belles Lettres”, 1925-1926, p.138. Edição digital disponível na Perseus Digital Library, com correções incidentais. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5090923. Acesso em 24.apr.2023.