"There is on earth a two-footed and four-footed creature with a single voice, and three-footed, changing its form alone of all creatures that move in earth, sky, or sea. When it walks on the most legs, then the strength of its limbs is weakest."
Greek Epic Fragments: From the Seventh to the Fifth Centuries BC. Edited and translated by Martin L. West. Loeb Classical Library 497. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003. 第40-41頁
出自公元前四世紀 Asclepiades, Tragedians' Tales（可能引用自史詩伊底帕斯紀），功力不夠就不翻中文了
"There is on earth a two-footed and four-footed creature with a single voice, and three-footed, changing its form alone of all creatures that move in earth, sky, or sea. When it walks on the most legs, then the strength of its limbs is weakest."
古希臘
φωνή,
καὶ τρίπον, ἀλλάσσει δὲ φυὴν μόνον, ὅσσ᾿ ἐπὶ
γαῖαν
ἑρπετὰ κινεῖται καὶ ἀν᾿ αἰθέρα καὶ κατὰ πόντον.
ἀλλ᾿ ὁπόταν πλείστοισιν ἐρειδόμενον ποσὶ
βαίνηι,
ἔνθα μένος γυίοισιν ἀφαυρότατον πέλει αὐτοῦ.”
Asclepiades FGrHist 12 F 7a
Greek Epic Fragments: From the Seventh to the Fifth Centuries BC. Edited and translated by Martin L. West. Loeb Classical Library 497. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003.
第40-41頁
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