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FableNº 44

The Two Men Who Quarrelled About the Gods

Two men were disputing which of the two heroes, Theseus or Heracles, was the greater. But the gods, growing angry with them, took revenge each on the other's country.

The quarrels of subordinates rouse masters to anger against their subjects.
Moral

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