Waltey

Prevod

A man hired a donkey for a journey to Delphi. When the heat grew oppressive, he took shelter in the donkey’s shade. But the donkey’s owner quarreled with him, saying, “I hired you the donkey, not its shade as well.” The fable is about those who quarrel over trifles.

Izvirnik

Ἐμισθώσατό τις ὄνον ἀπιὼν εἰς Δελφούς. Καὶ ὡς καῦμα κατήπειγεν, ὑπὸ τὴν σκιὰν τοῦ ὄνου κατέδυ ὁ μισθωσάμενος αὐτόν. Ὁ δὲ τοῦ ὄνου δεσπότης ἐμάχετο αὐτῷ, λέγων ὅτι ,,τὸν ὄνον σοι ἐμίσθωσα, οὐχὶ καὶ τὴν σκιὰν αὐτοῦ.“

Ὁ λόγος περὶ τῶν ἐπʼ εὐτελέσι φιλονεικούντων.

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