# Fabulae rhetoris anonymi Brancatiani 1

Aesop, Fabulae rhetoris anonymi Brancatiani, Fable 1. Ancient Greek.

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ΜΥΡΜΗΞ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΤΤΙΞ μύρμηξ καὶ τέττιξ ἐν ὥρᾳ θερειτάτῃ ὁ μὲν ἐπόνει, ὁ δὲ ᾖδε. καὶ τοῦ μὲν πονοῦντος μύρμηκος οἱ θῖνες καὶ οἱ σωροὶ καὶ θημῶνες ἑωρῶντο πολλοί, τῷ ψάλλοντι δὲ τέττιγι κενεὸς ἦν ὁ πόνος. ἐπεὶ δὲ χειμὼν ἦν καὶ οὐκ ἦσαν λείρια ἄνθη, προσῆλθεν ὁ τέττιξ τῷ μύρμηκι ζητῶν, ᾧ τραφήσεται. ἤρετο δὲ ὁ μύρμηξ τὸν τέττιγα· „ὦ ἑταῖρε, διατί μὴ ἔχεις, ᾧ τραφήσῃ; οὐκ ἐν θέρει συνηγηχόεις τὸ αὔταρκες;“ ὁ δὲ ἀπελογήσατο· „οὐκοῦν, ὦ ἑταῖρε· ἀπησχόλημαι γὰρ τῷ ᾄδειν.“ ἔφη δ' ὁ μύρμηξ· „νῦν χόρευε καὶ κρότει.“

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Aesopus Scr. Fab. et Aesopica, Fabulae rhetoris anonymi Brancatiani. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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