# Fabulae Aesopeae 19-2

Babrius, Fabulae Aesopeae, Ι. ΕΠΗ ΚΑΙ ΕΛΕΓΕΙΑ, ΑΜΦΙΣΒΗΤΗΣΙΜΑ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/babrius/fabulae-aesopeae/19-2

Λέων καὶ ἄρκτος βρῶμά τι εὑρόντες ἐν ἕλει περὶ τούτου ἐμάχοντο. δεινῶς οὖν ὑπʼ ἀλλήλων κατακοπέντες ἐσκοτίσθησαν ἐκ τῆς πολλῆς μάχης καὶ ἔκειντο ἡμιθανεῖς. ἀλώπηξ δὲ περιιοῦσα καὶ θεασαμένη πεπτωκότας, ἰδοῦσα καὶ τὸ βρῶμα κείμενον ἐν μέσῳ ἄρασα τοῦτο †δρομαῖος ᾤχετο. οἳ δέ, ἰδόντες αὐτὴν καὶ μὴ δυνάμενοι ἀναστῆναι εἶπον· „ἄθλιοι ὄντως ἡμεῖς, ὅτι διʼ ἀλώπεκα ἐμαχόμεθα.“

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0614.tlg001.local002/.