Fable 260 - The Traveller and Hermes

A traveler who had a long journey to make made a vow to the god Hermes that, if he should arrive safely, he would consecrate to
the god half of anything he found along the way. As it happened, he found on the journey a carrying-pouch which contained some almonds
and some dates. When he saw this, he picked it up, imagining it to be full of money. He shook out the contents and ate them. Then he
took the shells of the almonds and the stones of the dates and placed them on an altar, saying:
‘Oh, Hermes, I have kept my vow. For I have shared with you the outside and the inside of that which I have found.’

This fable applies to the miser who, through greed, uses trickery even with the gods.