# Fabulae rhetoris anonymi Brancatiani 3

Aesop, Fabulae rhetoris anonymi Brancatiani, Fable 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aesopus-scr-fab-et-aesopica/fabulae-rhetoris-anonymi-brancatiani/3

ΕΡΙΦΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΛΥΚΟΣ ΑΥΛΩΝ ἔριφός ποτε τῶν καιρῶν τῆς οἰκείας ποίμνης χωρισθεῖσα ὑπὸ λύκου ὠμηστοῦ ἐδιώκετο. ἐπιστραφεῖσα γοῦν ἡ ἔριφος τῷ λύκῳ φησίν· „ὦ λύκε, ἐπεὶ μέλλω <σὸν> γενέσθαι βρωτόν, ἵνα μὴ ἀδόξως ἐκλίπω τὸν βίον, αὔλησον, ἵνα ὀρχήσωμαι.“ τοῦ λύκου δὲ αὐλοῦντος καὶ τῆς ἐρίφου ὀρχουμένης οἱ κύνες ἀκούσαντες τὸν λύκον ἐδίωκον. ὁ δὲ φεύγων καὶ οἰμώζων ἔλεγεν· „οὐκ ἔδει με τὸν ταλαίπωρον αὐλητὴν μιμεῖσθαι, ἀλλὰ πέπονθα δίκαι' ὄντως, ἃ ἐπεπόνθειν. τοῦ γὰρ αὐλεῖν ἔρωτα ἐσχηκὼς νῦν ὑπὸ κυνῶν ἐκδιώκομαι.“

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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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