Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Illustrated: Anguis et Milvus


M0620 - M0621 - M0622
621. Anguis et Milvus. Milvus raptum anguem, in altum volans, ferebat. At ille, repente conversus ipsumque morsu feriens, illico interfecit. Quapropter anguis morienti milvo aiebat, “Quid tam stultus fuisti ut eos laedere ac ad mortem rapere velles, qui nullam tibi iniuriam intulere? En ut merito eadem refers quae mihi facere parabas.”

Corvus et Serpens

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M0621 = Perry128. Source: De Furia 352. This is Perry 128. Compare the story of the hawk chasing the dove, #417, or the story of the birdcatcher and the viper, #623.