M0549 (not in Perry). Source: Abstemius 171. This fable is not in Perry’s catalog; Perry omitted most of Abstemius’s fables. For a fable about a less fortunate parrot, see #551.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Image: Psittacus Honoratus
549. Psittacus Honoratus. Psittacus, in aula regis degens, interrogabatur a ceteris avibus quid ita in magno haberetur honore. Quibus ille, “Quia,” inquit, “exprimendi humanas voces artem edoctus sum.” Fabula nos admonet ut bonas et liberales ediscamus artes, si volumus ubique clari honorabilesque haberi.
