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Ἀσπίδι μεν Σαίων τις ἀγάλλεται [Fr. West 5, Tarditi 8]

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ἈΣΠΊΔΙ ΜΕΝ ΣΑΊΩΝ ΤΙΣ ἈΓΆΛΛΕΤΑΙ [FR. WEST 5, TARDITI 8]

ἀσπίδι μὲν Σαίων τις ἀγάλλεται, ἣν παρὰ θάμνῳ,
ἔντος ἀμώμητον, κάλλιπον οὐκ ἔθέλων:
αὐτον δ' ἔξεσάωσα. τί μοι μέλει ἀσπὶς ἔκείνη;
ἔρρέτω: ἔξαῦτις κτήσομαι οὐ κακίω.
ἈΣΠΊΔΙ ΜΕΝ ΣΑΊΩΝ ΤΙΣ ἈΓΆΛΛΕΤΑΙ [FR. WEST 5, TARDITI 8]

Adesso, tra i nemici,
c’è chi si farà bello
del mio fucile, quello
che in fuga buttai giù.

Li lascio esser felici
di poco io che, più scaltro,
fucile ne ho già un altro.
Vite non ne avrei più.


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