Old Habits Never Die - Aesop's Fable 50 - A Short Greek Translation

Stephen Alexander Beach 

Old Habits Never Die

(Aesop’s Fable 50) 

Ἡ Ἀφροδΐτη γαλῆν εἰς κόρην ἀλλάττει. τὴν κόρην νεᾱνίᾱς γαμεῖ. ἀλλ' ἡ 

θεὰ μέλλει τῆς κόρης πειράσειν. τοὺς τρόπους τῆς γαλῆς ἔτι ἕξει ἡ 

κόρη; ἡ Ἀφροδΐτη μῦν πέμπει εἰς τὴν οἰκίᾱν τῆς κόρης. τὸν μῦν ἡ κόρη 

διώξει; μη δίωκε, ὦ κόπη. γαλῆ οὐκέτι εἶ. ἀλλ' ἡ κόρη τὸν μῦν διώκει. ἡ 

θεᾱ τὴν κόρην εἰς γαλῆν πάλιν ἀλλάτει. οὐκ ἔχει καὶ ἡ Ἀφροδΐτη 

ἀλλαττειν τοὺς τρόπους.

"Aphrodite changes the weasel into a girl. A young man marries the girl. But the goddess is about to make trial of the girl. Still the girl will have the habits of the weasel. Aphrodite sends a mouse into the house of the girl. The girl chases the mouse. Don't chase, O girl. You are no longer a weasel. But the girl chases the mouse. The goddess changes the girl back into the weasel. Even Aphrodite cannot change habits."