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Κύων λύκον διώκων

The Wolf and the Dog in Pursuit = Perry 407 (English translation: Oxford Aesop 232)

Κύων καταδιώκων λύκον ἐφρυάττετο τῇ τε τῶν ποδῶν ταχυτῆτι καὶ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἰσχύϊ, καὶ ἐδόκει φεύγειν τὸν λύκον δι’ οἰκείαν δῆθεν ἀσθένειαν. στραφεὶς οὖν ὁ λύκος ἔφησε πρὸς τὸν κύνα “οὐ σὲ δέδοικα, ἀλλὰ τὴν τοῦ σοῦ δεσπότου καταδρομήν.”

Οὑτος δηλοῖ ὡς οὐ δεῖ τινα ἐγκαυχᾶσθαι τῇ τῶν ἑτέρων γενναιότητι.

From Ben Perry’s Aesopica (Urbana IL: 1952).

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Κύων

καταδιώκων λύκον

ἐφρυάττετο

τῇ τε τῶν ποδῶν ταχυτῆτι

καὶ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἰσχύϊ,

καὶ ἐδόκει

φεύγειν τὸν λύκον

δι’ οἰκείαν δῆθεν ἀσθένειαν.

στραφεὶς οὖν

ὁ λύκος

ἔφησε πρὸς τὸν κύνα

“οὐ σὲ δέδοικα,

ἀλλὰ τὴν τοῦ σοῦ δεσπότου καταδρομήν.”

Οὑτος δηλοῖ ὡς

οὐ δεῖ τινα

ἐγκαυχᾶσθαι

τῇ τῶν ἑτέρων γενναιότητι.

Grammatical notes and comments:

Κύων

καταδιώκων λύκον

ἐφρυάττετο

τῇ τε τῶν ποδῶν ταχυτῆτι

καὶ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἰσχύϊ,

καὶ ἐδόκει

φεύγειν τὸν λύκον

δι’ οἰκείαν δῆθεν ἀσθένειαν.

στραφεὶς οὖν

ὁ λύκος

ἔφησε πρὸς τὸν κύνα

“οὐ σὲ δέδοικα,

ἀλλὰ τὴν τοῦ σοῦ δεσπότου καταδρομήν.”

Οὑτος δηλοῖ ὡς

οὐ δεῖ τινα

  • ἐγκαυχᾶσθαι - a compound: ἐν + καυχᾶσθαι

τῇ τῶν ἑτέρων γενναιότητι.

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