---
title: Narratives of Fables
title_greek: Διηγήσεις Μύθων
author: Callimachus Scholia
eul_wid: vmw-ak
eul_aid: vmw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/callimachus-scholia-narratives-vmw-ak"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Koine
domain: Grammar
format: Prose
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Narratives of Fables

*Διηγήσεις Μύθων*

**Author:** Callimachus Scholia

**eul_wid:** `vmw-ak` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/callimachus-scholia-narratives-vmw-ak)

## Text

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### 31b-e col2

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### 31f col3

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