Monday, August 30, 2010

Illustrated: Ovis, Cervus, et Lupus


M0297 - M0298 - M0299
298. Ovis, Cervus, et Lupus. Cervus modium tritici ovem rogabat, lupo sponsore. At illa, dolum praemetuens, “Lupus semper adsuevit rapere atque abire; tu de conspectu fugere veloci impetu. Ubi vos requiram, cum dies advenerit?”

Ovis, Cervus et Lupus - Osius

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M0298 = Perry477. Source: Phaedrus 1.17 (adapted into prose). This is Perry 477. For the swiftness of the stag, see #5. Read a Fabula Facilis version of this fable.