Friday, November 4, 2011

Image: Vectis et Murus


M0760 - M0761 - M0762

761. Vectis et Murus. Murus, violenter a vecte concussus, “Quid ita,” aiebat, “me exagitas, nulla a me offensus iniuria?” At vectis “Non ego,” inquit, “huiusce rei causa sum, sed qui validis ictibus me retro impellit.”


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M0761 = Perry270. Source: De Furia 377. This is Perry 270. Compare the story of the oxen that do not act of their own will, #723.