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The Fox and the Grapes

Aesop · Fabulae (Halm) 33

Ancient Greek · Level 1 · ~1 min

The Fox and the Grapes

Aesop, Fabulae (Halm) 33

Ἀλώπηξ λιμώττουσα ὡς ἐθεάσατο ἐπί τινος ἀναδενδράδος βότρυας κρεμαμένους, ἠβουλήθη αὐτῶν περιγενέσθαι, καὶ οὐκ ἡδύνατο· ἀπαλλαττομένη δὲ πρὸς ἑαυτὴν εἶπεν· “ὄμφακές εἰσιν.” Οὕτω καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἔνιοι, τῶν πραγμάτων ἐφικέσθαι μὴ δυνάμενοι δι’ ἀσθένειαν, τοὺς καιροὺς αἰτιῶνται.

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Aesop, Fabulae (Halm) 33. Source text. CC BY-SA 4.0. Open Greek and Latin, First1KGreek; edition: K. Halm, Teubner 1872 (fable 33 = Chambry 15). Word analyses are machine-generated, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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