# Fables 13. Αἰθίοψ (F.204. C.75.)

Aesop, Fables, 13. Αἰθίοψ (F.204. C.75.). Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aesopus-scr-fab-et-aesopica/fables/13.%20%CE%91%E1%BC%B0%CE%B8%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%88%20(F.204.%20C.75.)

Αἰθίοπά τις ὠνήσατο, τοιοῦτον εἶναι τὸ χρῶμα δοκῶν ἀμελείᾳ τοῦ πρότερον ἔχοντος. Καὶ παραλαβὼν οἴκαδε, πάντα μὲν αὐτῷ προσῆγε τὰ ῥύμματα, πᾶσι δὲ λουτροῖς ἐπειρᾶτο φαιδρύνειν· καὶ τὸ μὲν χρῶμα μεταβαλεῖν οὐκ ἔσχε, νοσεῖν δὲ τῷ πονεῖν παρεσκεύασεν. Μένουσιν αἱ φύσεις, ὡς προῆλθον τὸ πρότερον.

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Aesop, Fables, ed. Karl Halm. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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