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M0902 = Perry034. Source: Camerarius 15. This is Perry 34. Compare the desperate hopes of the dying kite, #425.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Illustrated: Aegrotus et Uxor Eius
902. Aegrotus et Uxor Eius. Aegrotabat pauper et in morbi gravissimo periculo, cum a medicis desperasset, ad opem Deorum confugit, quibus se, si convaluisset, centum tauros immolaturum esse promisit. Haec uxor illius, ut prope astabat, cum audisset, “Unde, mi vir, tantum,” inquit, “numerum taurorum parare possis, si voti convictus sis?” At ille, “Quid tu, censesne,” inquit, “stulta, caelo descensurum qui illud sacrificium fieri postulet, si ego sanitatem recuperavero?”
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Medici Aesop images.
M0902 = Perry034. Source: Camerarius 15. This is Perry 34. Compare the desperate hopes of the dying kite, #425.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Medici Aesop images.
M0902 = Perry034. Source: Camerarius 15. This is Perry 34. Compare the desperate hopes of the dying kite, #425.
