Texte grec :
| [12,6] ὑφ´ ἧς καὶ τῇ Ἀθηνᾷ λέγεται προσφιλὲς εἶναι τὸ ὄρνεον,
τῇ καλλίστῃ τῶν θεῶν καὶ σοφωτάτῃ, καὶ τῆς γε Φειδίου τέχνης παρὰ
Ἀθηναίοις ἔτυχεν, οὐκ ἀπαξιώσαντος αὐτὴν συγκαθιδρῦσαι τῇ θεῷ,
συνδοκοῦν τῷ δήμῳ. Περικλέα δὲ καὶ αὑτὸν λαθὼν ἐποίησεν, ὥς
φασιν, ἐπὶ τῆς ἀσπίδος. οὐ μέντοι ταῦτά γε εὐτυχήματα νομίζειν
ἔπεισί μοι τῆς γλαυκός, εἰ μή τινα φρόνησιν ἄρα κέκτηται πλείω.
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Traduction française :
| [12,6] This purpose is seen in men's belief that this bird is
beloved of Athenê also, the fairest of the gods and the
wisest, and indeed at Athens it was honoured by the
art of Pheidias, who did not count the owl unworthy
to share a dedication with the goddess, the popular
assembly approving ; but Pericles and his own self
he depicted covertly, so we are told, on the shield of
the goddess.
However, it does not occur to me to regard all this
as good fortune on the part of the owl, unless she really
does in fact possess some superior sagacity.
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