Waltey

Prevod

Zeus offered prizes to all the animals for the finest offspring, and examined them all as judge. A monkey came too, proud as any mother, cradling a naked, snub-nosed baby in her arms. The gods burst into laughter at the sight, but she said, “Zeus may decide who wins, but to me this little one is the fairest of them all.” [The fable seems to me to teach us all this lesson: everyone thinks their own offspring beautiful.]

Izvirnik

Εὐτεκνίης ἔπαθλα πᾶσι τοῖς ζώοις ὁ Ζεὺς ἔθηκε, πάντα δʼ ἔβλεπεν κρίνων. ἦλθεν δὲ καὶ πίθηκος, ὡς καλὴ μήτηρ πίθωνα γυμνὸν σιμὸν ἠρμένη κόλποις. γέλως δʼ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ τοῖς θεοῖς ἐκινήθη· ἡ δʼ εἶπεν οὔτω· ,,Ζεὺς μὲν οἶδε τὴν νίκην· ἐμοὶ δὲ πάντων οὗτός ἐστι καλλίων.“

[Ὁ λόγος δοκεῖ μοι πᾶσι τοῦτο σημαίνειν· τά γʼ αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ πᾶς τις εὐπρεπῆ κρίνει.]

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