# Fabulae Aesopeae 1.2.36

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/babrius/fabulae-aesopeae/1.2.36

Δρῦν αὐτόριζον ἄνεμος ἐξ ὄρους ἄρας
ἔδωκε ποταμῷ· τὴν δʼ ἔσυρε κυμαίνων,
πελώριον φύτευμα τῶν πρὶν ἀνθρώπων.
πολὺς δὲ κάλαμος ἑκατέρωθεν εἱστήκει
ἐλαφρὸς ὄχθης ποταμίης ὕδωρ πίνων.
θάμβος δὲ τὴν δρῦν εἶχε, πῶς ὁ μὲν λίην
λεπτός τʼ ἐὼν καὶ βληχρὸς οὐκ ἐπεπτώκει,
αὐτὴ δὲ τόσση φηγὸς ἐξεριζώθη.
σοφῶς δὲ κάλαμος εἶπε· „μηδὲν ἐκπλήσσου.
σὺ μὲν μαχομένη ταῖς πνοαῖς ἐνικήθης,
ἡμεῖς δὲ καμπτόμεσθα μαλθακῇ γνώμῃ,
κἂν βαιὸν ἡμῶν ἄνεμος ἄκρα κινήσῃ.“

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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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