Folk Tale

The Fox and the Leopard

Translated From

Ἀλώπηξ καὶ πάρδαλις

AuthorΑἴσωπος
LanguageAncient Greek

Other Translations / Adaptations

Text titleLanguageAuthorPublication Date
De luipaard en de vosDutchPaul Biegel_
A vurpi e a panteraSicilian__
TitleThe Fox and the Leopard
Original TitleἈλώπηξ καὶ πάρδαλις
Original AuthorΑἴσωπος
Original IDtrans-4750.xml
Book AuthorGeorge Fyler Townsend
Chapter Nr.152
Language codeeng

THE FOX and the Leopard disputed which was the more beautiful of the two. The Leopard exhibited one by one the various spots which decorated his skin. But the Fox, interrupting him, said, "And how much more beautiful than you am I, who am decorated, not in body, but in mind."


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