A fox who had never seen a lion happened to encounter one. At the first sight of him, she was so terrified that she nearly died of fright. When she met him a second time, she was still afraid, but not as much as before. The third time she saw him, she had grown so bold that she went up to him and spoke.
The fable shows that familiarity softens even the things we fear.
Ἀλώπηξ μηδέποτε θεασαμένη λέοντα, ἐπειδὴ κατά τινα τύχην ὑπήντησεν αὐτῷ, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἰδοῦσα αὐτὸν οὕτως ἐφοβήθη, ὡς μικροῦ καὶ ἀποθανεῖν. Ἐκ δευτέρου δὲ αὐτῷ περιτυχοῦσα, ἐφοβήθη μὲν, ἀλλʼ οὐχ ὡς τὸ πρότερον. Ἐκ τρίτου δὲ θεασαμένη αὐτὸν οὕτως κατεθάρσησεν, ὡς καὶ προσελθοῦσα αὐτῷ διαλεχθῆναι.
Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι καὶ τὰ φοβερὰ τῶν πραγμάτων ἡ συνήθεια καταπραΰνει.
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