An old man once cut some wood and set off on a long journey carrying it. Exhausted by the journey, he laid down his burden and called upon Death. When Death appeared and asked why he had summoned him, the old man said, “To lift my burden. [I do not wish to die.]”
The fable shows that everyone clings to life, however wretched their lot may be.
Γέρων ποτὲ ξύλα κόψας [καὶ] ταῦτα φέρων πολλὴν ὀδὸν ἐβάδιζε. Διὰ δὲ τὸν κόπον τῆς ὁδοῦ ἀποθέμενος τὸ φορτίον τὸν Θάνατον ἐπεκαλεῖτο. Τοῦ δὲ Θανάτου φανέντος καὶ πυθομένου, διʼ ἣν αἰτίαν αὐτὸν παρακαλεῖται, ὁ γέρων ἔφη· ,,ἵνα τὸ φορτίον ἄρῃς.“ [θανεῖν δὲ οὐ θέλω.]
Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι πᾶς ἄνθρωπος φιλόζωος ἐν τῷ βίῳ, κἂν δυστυχῇ.
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