M0012: Leo Amatorius et Silvanus

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M0011 - M0012 + English - M0013

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12. Leo Amatorius et Silvanus. Leo silvani cuiusdam filiam perdite amavit et patrem virginis sollicitabat ut illi virgo in matrimonium daretur. Respondebat silvanus filiam esse tenellam et delicatulam virginem et numquam hamatos eius ungues dentesque passuram. Passus est igitur leo dentes et ungues evelli ut virgine frueretur. Quod cum vidisset pater, fustibus leoni involabat et longius imbellem abigebat. Fabula indicat vesaniam inutilis amoris, propter quem pretiosissima perdimus et captivitatem patimur.

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Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Crane images. In this illustration, we can see why the poor lion has fallen in love: Cupid has struck him with one of love's arrows!

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M0012 = Perry140. Source: Barlow’s Aesop 109. This is Perry 140. For another misbegotten love match, see the story of the mouse and the lion, #209.

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The Lion in Love and the Forester. The lion fell desperately in love with the daughter of a certain forester, and he asked the father of the girl that he would give her to the lion as his bride. The forester replied that his daughter was a very tender and most delicate girl who would never be able to bear the lion's hooked claws and teeth. The lion therefore underwent the extraction of his teeth and claws in order to get the girl. When his father saw the lion had done this, he attacked the lion beating him with a cudgel and driving the defenseless creature far away. The story shows the insanity of pointless love, on account of which we suffer bondage and lose the things most dear to us.

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Illustrated: Ovis et Canis Calumniosus

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M0298 - M0299 - M0300

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299. Ovis et Canis Calumniosus. Canis calumniosus dixit ad ovem, “Debes mihi reddere panem quem dederam mutuo.” Contendebant autem; ovis dicebat numquam ab illo panem se accepisse. Cum ante iudicem venissent, canis dixisse fertur habere testes. Introductus lupus ait, “Scio panem canis commodatum ovi.” Introductus milvus dixit, “Me coram accepit.” Accipiter introiens ait, “Negas tu quod accepisti?” Victa ovis a tribus falsis testibus, artius exigitur; coacta vero extractam lanam suam vendidit ut quod non acceperat redderet.

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M0299 = Perry478. Source: Ademar 5. This is Perry 478. Compare the fable about the pigs who offer false testimony on behalf of the wolf, #301.

Illustrated: Canis et Taurus

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M0358 - M0359 - M0360

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359. Canis et Taurus. Canis cum tauro pugnam inire parabat et “Facile vincam,” dixit, “namque dentibus longe melior sum.” Sed ille, capite prono irruens, hunc necopinantem cornibus fodit. Fabella vetat te cum ullo hoste congredi, nisi ante noris qua minus, qua plus valet.

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M0359 (not in Perry). Source: Desbillons 11.5 (adapted into prose). This fable is not in Perry’s catalog; Desbillons cites Alberti as his source. Compare the fight between the donkey and the boar, #151.

Illustrated: Asinus et Canis

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M0220 - M0221 - M0222

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221. Asinus et Canis. Asino, esculenta messoribus in agro portanti, occurrit herilis canis. Cui dixit, “Tu panibus cibisque onustus es quorum mox ego particeps ero; interim dum per viam incedis, tu ipse rubos comedis.” Huic asinus respondebat, “Frustula fortassis et ossa ad te pertinebunt; verum rubi quos ego comedo sunt gratiores mihi et magis meum palatum sapiunt quam omnes in macello carnes aut bellaria in pistorum officinis.”

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Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Herrick images. This image does not show the dog, but it does show a donkey happily munching on thistles.

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M0221 = Perry360. Source: Barlow’s Aesop 5. This fable is not in Perry’s catalog, although Perry 360 is about a fox who insults a donkey who is eating briars. Compare the story of the dog and the donkey who ran into a wolf, #354.

Audio Fables Index

3. Leo Furens et Caprea

12. Leo Amatorius et Silvanus

86. Lupus Ovis Pelle Indutus: Fabula Facilis (M0086)

161. Cervus et Cornua Eius: Fabula Facilis (M0161)

331. Sus Parturiens et Lupus

357. Canis in Praesepi et Bos: Fabula Facilis (M0357)

813. Fortuna et Puer

930. Pater et Filii Litigantes: Fabula Facilis (M0930)

968. Adolescens Piger: Fabula Facilis (M0968)

Illustrated: Fortuna et Puer

813. Fortuna et Puer. Dormienti puero super os putei fertur astitisse Fortunam eumque excitasse dicendo, “Exsurge, O iuvenis, et abi hinc ocius. Novi enim genium hominum et tuum, quod si in puteum labereris, non te aut tuam secordiam, sed Fortunam incusabitis.”

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M0813 Perry174

Illustrated: Lupus et Sus

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M0330 - M0331 - M0332

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331. Sus Parturiens et Lupus. Parturiebat sus; pollicetur lupus se custodem fore fetus. Respondet puerpera lupi obsequio se non egere, oratque, si velit pius haberi, longius abeat; lupi enim benevolentia constabat non praesentia, sed absentia. Non sunt cuncta cunctis credenda; multi enim suam operam pollicentur non tui amore, sed sui, suum quaerentes commodum, non tuum.

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Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Herrick images and additional information. Note that in the image this sow has already given birth when the wolf shows up and you can tell that Herrick had fun including the little piglets as part of the scene. The's illustration matches the English text (which I think must be Croxall), which begins: "A Sow had just farrowed, and lay in the stye, with her whole litter of pigs about her. A Wolf, who longed for one of them, but knew not how to come at it, endeavored to insinuate himself into the Sow's good opinion…"

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M0331 = Perry547. Source: Barlow’s Aesop 13. This is Perry 547. Compare the fable of the wolves and dogs visiting the sick donkey, #229.