Ἀλώπηξ λέοντι συνῆν ἐν ὑπηρέτου προσχήματι 2. καὶ ἡ μὲν 3 ἄγρας ἐμήνυεν, ὁ δὲ ἐμπίπτων ἐλάμβανεν. ἑκατέρῳ τοίνυν πρὸς τὴν ἀξίαν διῃρεῖτο 4 μερίς.

Lesson 23: Three fables from Aesop Please mark the clauses and then translate on a separate piece of paper. Numeral endnotes give some vocabulary and tips on grammar not studied yet. less23.read, p1 1) The fox and the lion [TITLE] Μῦθος ὁ τῆς ἀλώπεκος παραινῶν 1 μὴ βλέπειν τὰ μείζονα. Ἀλώπηξ λέοντι συνῆν ἐν ὑπηρέτου προσχήματι 2 καὶ ἡ μὲν 3 ἄγρας ἐμήνυεν, ὁ δὲ ἐμπίπτων ἐλάμβανεν ἑκατέρῳ τοίνυν πρὸς τὴν ἀξίαν διῃρεῖτο 4 μερίς. ζηλοτυπήσασα 5 δὲ ἡ ἀλώπηξ τῶν πλειόνων τὸν λέοντα, θηρᾶν ἀντὶ 6 τοῦ μηνύειν ᾑρεῖτο, καὶ πειρωμένη ποίμνης τι λαβεῖν, κατέστη 7 πρώτη τοῖς θηρῶσιν 8 εἰς θήραμα. Ἄρχεσθαι μᾶλλον ἀσφαλῶς ἄμεινον ἢ κρατεῖν σφαλερῶς.

less23.read, p2 2) The fisherman and the fish Ἁλιεὺς σαγήνην ἣν νεωστὶ βεβλήκει ἀνείλετ' 9 ὄψου δ' ἔτυχε ποικίλου πλήρης 10. τῶν δ' ἰχθύων ὀ λεπτὸς εἰς βυθὸν φεύγων ὑπεξέδυνε 11 δικτύου πολυτρήτου, ὁ μέγας δ' ἀγρευθεὶς εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἡπλώθη 12. Σωτήριόν πώς ἐστι καὶ κακῶν ἔξω τὸ μικρὸν εἶναι τὸν μέγαν δὲ τῇ δόξῃ σπανίως ἴδοις ἂν 13 ἐκφυγόντα κινδύνους.

less23.read, p3 3) The lion, Prometheus, and the elephant [TITLE] Λέων καὶ Προμηθεὺς καὶ ἐλέφας. Λέων κατεμέμφετο Προμηθέα πολλάκις ὅτι μέγαν αὐτὸν ἔπλασε 14 καὶ καλόν, καὶ τὴν μὲν γένυν ὥπλισε τοῖς ὀδοῦσι, τοὺς δὲ πόδας ἐκράτυνε τοῖς ὄνυξιν, ἐποίησέ τε τῶν ἄλλων θηρίων δυνατώτερον. ὁ δὲ τοιοῦτος 15, ἔφασκε, τὸν ἀλεκτρυόνα φοβοῦμαι." Καὶ ὁ Προμηθεὺς ἔφη "Τί με μάτην αἰτιᾷ; τὰ γὰρ ἐμὰ πάντα ἔχεις ὅσα πλάττειν ἐδυνάμην 16 ἡ δέ σου ψυχὴ πρὸς τοῦτο μόνον μαλακίζεται." Ἔκλαιεν οὖν ἑαυτὸν ὁ λέων καὶ τῆς δειλίας κατεμέμφετο καὶ τέλος ἀποθανεῖν ἤθελεν. Οὕτω δὲ γνώμης ἔχων 17 ἐλέφαντι περιτυγχάνει, καὶ προσαγορεύσας εἱστήκει 18 διαλεγόμενος, καὶ ὁρῶν διαπαντὸς τὰ ὦτα κινοῦντα "Τί πάσχεις; ἔφη, καὶ τί ποτε οὐδὲ μικρὸν ἀτρεμεῖ σου τὸ οὖς; " Καὶ ὁ ἐλέφας, κατὰ τυχὴν περιπτάντος 19 αὐτῷ κώνωπος "Ὁρᾷς, ἔφη, τοῦτο τὸ βραχύ, τὸ βομβοῦν 20 ; ἢν 21 εἰσδύνῃ 22 μου τῇ τῆς ἀκοῆς ὁδῷ, τέθνηκα." Καὶ ὁ λέων "Τί οὖν ἔτι ἀποθνῄσκειν, ἔφη, με δεῖ τοσοῦτον ὄντα καὶ ἐλέφαντος εὐτυχέστερον ὅσῳ κρείττων κώνωπος ὁ ἀλεκτρυών;" 23 Ὁρᾷς ὅσον ἰσχύος ὁ κώνωψ ἔχει, ὡς καὶ ἐλεφαντα φοβεῖν. 24

NOTES 1 παραινέω > ῶ = to advise 2 ἐν ὑπηρέτου προσχήματι = in the capacity of a servant, i.e. as a servant. 3 ἀλώπηξ, ἀλώπηκος, ἡ = note that the name of the fox is a feminine noun. 4 διαιρέομαι > διαιροῦμαι = to divide, share 5 ζηλοτυπέω > ῶ = to be jealous of (someone in the acc for a reason in the genitive) 6 ἀντί + gen = instead of 7 κατέστη (3rd sg root aorist of καθίστημι) εἰς θήραμα = became a prey less23.read, p4 8 present participle of θηράω > ῶ = to catch, hunt 9 ἀναιρέομαι = to pull up 10 πλήρης, πλῆρες = full of + genitive 11 ὑπεξέδυνε, a rare form instead of the imperfect ὑπεξεδύετο, of ὑπεκδύομαι= to slip out of 12 ἁπλόω > ῶ = to flatten; ἡπλώθη = he lay stretched out. 13 ἴδοις ἂν = you may, might, are likely to see 14 πλάσσω / πλάττω = to mould, form 15 //ὢν// τοιοῦτος = //I, being// such 16 Imperfect of δύναμαι = to be able. A deponent μι -verb, to be studied later 17 οὕτω δὲ γνώμης ἔχων is an example of ἔχω + an adverb = to be in a certain state, mood. Translate: Being in this state of mind...

less23.read, p5 18 εἱστήκει = 3rd sg of the pluperfect of ἵστημι = to make to stand.. The perfect ἕστηκα and pluperfect εἱστήκειν are intransitive. Translate: was standing or stood. 19 Genitive aorist participle of περιπέτομαι = to fly around, fly by 20 βομβέω> ῶ = to sound deep, buzz 21 ἤν = ἐάν 22 εἰσδύνω = to slip into, enter 23 main clause noun clause, S of δεῖ...... noun clause, S of δεῖ... "[Τί οὖν δεῖ ἔτι (ἀποθνῄσκειν, [[ἔφη]], με τοσοῦτον ὄντα adv V v = infin S in Acc pred acc through the pple pple w/s... noun clause, S of δεῖ... καὶ ἐλέφαντος εὐτυχέστερον // τοσούτῳ//) gen of compar pred acc through the pple dative of degree relative clause (ὅσῳ κρείττων //ἐστὶ// κώνωπος ὁ ἀλεκτρυών;") dat of degree PN V gen of comparison S Translation: Why do I need to (should I) die, he said, I, being so large and //so much// more fortunate than the elephant as (much) the rooster is stronger than the gnat? 24 result clause ( ὡς καὶ ἐλεφαντα φοβεῖν) S in Acc V= infin Translation:...that even the elephant can be afraid.