Waltey

Prevod

A wolf, having eaten his fill, caught sight of a boy lying on the ground. Realizing that the boy had fallen down in terror of him, he approached and reassured him, saying that if he told him three true things, he would let him go. The boy began by saying, first, that he had no wish to meet him; second, that he had blundered like a blind man; and third, “May all you wicked wolves come to a wicked end, for though we have done you no harm, you wage cruel war against us.” The wolf acknowledged the truth of his words and let him go.

The fable shows that truth often carries weight even with enemies.

Izvirnik

Λύκος τροφῆς κεκορεσμένος, ἐπειδὴ ἐθεάσατο παιδίον ἐπὶ γῆς βεβλημένον, αἰσθόμενος ὅτι διὰ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ φόβον ἐπεπτώκει, προσελθὼν παρεθάῤῥυνεν αὐτὸ, λέγων ὡς, ἂν τρεῖς λόγους ἀληθεῖς αὐτῷ εἴπῃ, ἀπολύει αὐτό. Καὶ ἀρξάμενος ἔλεγε πρῶτον, μὴ βούλεσθαι αὐτῷ περιτυχεῖν, δεύτερον, παραπλησίως ἡμαρτηκέναι τυφλῷ· τρίτον, „κακοὶ κακῶς ἀπόλοιντο πάντες οἱ λύκοι, ὅτι μηδὲν παθόντες ὑφʼ ἡμῶν κακῶς πολεμεῖτε ἡμᾶς.“ Καὶ ὁ λύκος ἀποδεξάμενος τὸ ἀψευδὲς αὐτοῦ ἀπέλυσεν αὐτό.

Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι πολλάκις ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ παρὰ πολεμίοις ἰσχύει.

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