# Fabulae Aesopeae 1.2.93

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/babrius/fabulae-aesopeae/1.2.93

Λύκων παρῆσαν ἄγγελοί ποτʼ εἰς ποίμνην
ὅρκους φέροντες καὶ βέβαιον εἰρήνην,
ἐφʼ ᾧ λάβωσι τοὺς κύνας πρὸς αἰκίην,
διʼ οὓς μάχονται καὶ κοτοῦσιν ἀλλήλοις.
μωρὴ δὲ ποίμνη καὶ τὰ πάντα βληχώδης
πέμπειν ἔμελλεν. ἀλλά τις γέρων ἤδη
κριὸς βαθείῃ φρικὶ μαλλὸν ὀρθώσας
„καινῆς γε ταύτης“ εἶπε „τῆς μεσιτείης.
ἀφύλακτος ὑμῖν πῶς ἐγὼ συνοικήσω,
διʼ οὓς νέμεσθαι μηδὲ νῦν ἀκινδύνως
ἔξεστι, καίτοι τῶν κυνῶν με τηρούντων;“

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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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