Waltey

Prevod

Geese and cranes were feeding in the same meadow. When hunters appeared, the cranes, being light, quickly flew away, but the geese, weighed down by their heavy bodies, stayed behind and were caught.

The fable shows that when a city is captured, those who own nothing can easily escape, while the rich are taken captive and enslaved.

Izvirnik

Χῆνες καὶ γέρανοι ἐπὶ ταὐτοῦ λειμῶνος ἐνέμοντο. Τῶν δὲ θηρευτῶν ἐπιφανέντων, οἱ μὲν γέρανοι, κοῦφοι ὄντες, ταχέως ἀπέπτησαν, οἱ δὲ χῆνες, διὰ τὸ βάρος τῶν σωμάτων μείναντες, συνελήφθησαν.

Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι καὶ ἐν ἁλώσει πόλεως οἱ μὲν ἀκτήμονες εὐχερῶς φεύγουσιν, οἱ δὲ πλούσιοι δουλεύουσιν ἁλισκόμενοι.

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