Thursday, September 16, 2010

Illustrated: Larus et Milvus


M0479 - M0480 - M0481
480. Larus et Milvus. Larus, cum piscem degluttisset, disrupto gutture, supra navem semianimis iacebat. Hunc autem cum milvus vidisset, “Digna sane tulisti,” ait, “quod volucris natus cum sis, supra mare vitam traducis.”

Larus et Milvus

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M0480 = Perry139. Source: De Furia 112. This is Perry 139. Compare the fable of the crab and the fox, #588.