Prevod
They say that hyenas change their sex from year to year, being male one year and female the next. Now a hyena, seeing a fox, reproached her for rejecting its offer of friendship. The fox replied, “Do not blame me, but your own nature, which leaves me unsure whether to treat you as a female friend or a male one.” For a man of ambiguous nature.
Izvirnik
Τὰς ὑαίνας φασὶ, παρʼ ἐνιαυτὸν ἀλλασσομένης αὐτῶν τῆς φύσεως, ποτὲ μὲν ἄρσενας, ποτὲ δὲ θηλείας γίνεσθαι. Καὶ δὴ ὕαινα θεασαμένη ἀλώπεκα ἐμέμφετο αὐτὴν, ὅτι φίλην θέλουσαν αὐτῇ γενέσθαι οὐ προσίεται. Κἀκείνη ὑποτυχοῦσα εἶπεν· ,,ἀλλʼ ἐμὲ μὴ μέμφου, τὴν δὲ σὴν φύσιν, διʼ ἣν ἀγνοῶ, πότερον ὡς φίλῃ ἢ ὡς φίλῳ σοι χρήσωμαι.“
Πρὸς ἄνδρα ἀμφίβολον.