Illustrated: Venator Meticulosus

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M0846 - M0847 - M0848

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847. Venator Meticulosus. Leonis indagans vestigia, venator lignatorem rogavit an leonis vestigia et latibula nosset. Respondit ille, “Et ipsum quoque leonem, si lubet, indicabo.” Sed venator, metu pallescens, dentibus crepitans, “Vestigia tantum,” ait, “non leonem quaero.” Audaces una et timidos carpit haec fabula, audaces nempe verbis, sed non factis.

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M0847 = Perry326. Source: De Furia 267. This is Perry 326. Compare the story of the dog chasing a lion, #361, or the cowherd looking for his missing calf, #777.