Illustrated: Lepores et Aquilae

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M0164 - M0165 - English - M0166

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165. Lepores et Aquilae. Lepores olim cum aquilis bellum gerentes in auxilium vulpes vocarunt. Hae vero hoc illis responsum dedere, “Vobis quidem suppetias ferremus, nisi qui vos et cum quibus sit decertandum nosceremus.”

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Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Medici Aesop images. You can see the rabbit ambassador to the foxes on the left, and the other rabbits facing off against the eagles to the right.

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M0165 = Perry256. Source: De Furia 108. This is Perry 256. Compare the foxes and the rabbits fighting against the dogs, #173.