A wolf was chasing a lamb, which took refuge in a temple. The wolf called to it to come out, saying that if the priest caught it, he would sacrifice it to the god. But the lamb replied, “I would rather become an offering to a god than be torn to pieces by you.”
The fable shows that for those who must die, an honorable death is better.
Λύκος ἀρνίον ἐδίωκε· τὸ δὲ εἴς τι ἱερὸν κατέφυγε. Προσκαλουμένου δὲ αὐτὸ τοῦ λύκου, καὶ λέγοντος, ὅτι θυσιάσει αὐτὸ ὁ ἱερεὺς, εἰ καταλάβῃ, τῷ θεῷ, ἐκεῖνο ἔφη· „ἀλλʼ αἱρετώτερόν μοί ἐστι θεοῦ θυσία γενέσθαι, ὑπὸ σοῦ διαφθαρῆναι.
Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι οἷς ἐπίκειται τὸ ἀποθανεῖν, κρείττων ἐστὶν ὁ μετὰ δόξης θάνατος.
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