Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Barlow images.
M0528 = Perry265. Source: Barlow’s Aesop 90. This is Perry 265. Compare the fable of the hawk begging for mercy, #417.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Illustrated: Perdix et Auceps
528. Perdix et Auceps. Auceps, retibus extensis, captabat perdicem. Volucris illa, captata, supplicabunde illum rogabat ut se demitteret, promittens se in retia plurimas aves allecturam. Cui auceps, “Nequaquam hoc faciam, nam procul dubio me decipies, quae sodales tuos proditura es.” Fabula docet numquam fidem illis adhibituram, qui alios semel fefellerunt.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Barlow images.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Barlow images.
