# Fabulae Aesopeae 1.2.118

Babrius, Fabulae Aesopeae, Book 1, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/babrius/fabulae-aesopeae/1.2.118

Ξουθὴ χελιδών, ἡ πάροικος ἀνθρώπων,
ἦρος καλιὴν ηὐθέτιζεν ἐν τοίχῳ,
ὅπου γερόντων οἶκος ἦν δικαστήρων·
κἀκεῖ νεοσσῶν ἑπτὰ γίνεται μήτηρ,
οὔπω πτερίσκοις πορφυροῖς ἐπανθούντων.
ὄφις δὲ τούτους ἑρπύσας ἀπὸ τρώγλης
ἅπαντας ἑξῆς ἔφαγεν. ἡ δὲ δειλαίη
παίδων ἀώρων συμφορὰς ἐπεθρήνει,
„οἴμοι“ λέγουσα, „τῆς ἐμῆς ἐγὼ μοίρης·
ὅπου νόμοι γὰρ καὶ θέμιστες ἀνθρώπων,
ἔνθεν χελιδὼν ἠδικημένη φεύγω.“

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Babrius, Fabulae Aesopeae, ed. Otto Crusius. 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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