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Fable of the Day: De Ove pastori convitiante

Title: De Ove pastori convitiante: The sheep criticizing the shepherd, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Ovis conviciabatur pastori, quod non contentus lacte, quod in usum suum filiorumque ab ea mulgebat, insuper eam vellere denudaret. Tunc pastor iratus filium eius trahebat ad mortem. Ecquid, inquit ovis, peius mihi facere potes? Ut te, inquit pastor, occidam et lupis… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on January 9, 2008 at 4:04pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Lupo pisce fluvii

Title: De Lupo pisce fluvii, maris regnum affectante: About the "Wolf-Fish" of the river who claimed to rule the sea, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Lupus piscis erat in amne quodam, qui pulchritudine, magnitudine, et robore ceteros eiusdem fluvii pisces excedebat. Unde cuncti eum admirabantur et tamquam regem praecipuo prosequebantur honore. Quare in superbiam elatus… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on January 8, 2008 at 9:08am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De aquila filios cuniculi rapiente

Title: De aquila filios cuniculi rapiente: About the eagle abducting the rabbit's children, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Aquila in altissima arbore nidulata, catulos cuniculi, qui longe illic pascebantur, in escam pullorum suorum rapuerat, quam cuniculus blandis orabat verbis, ut suos sibi filios restituere dignaretur. At illa eum, ut pusillum et terrestre animal et ad… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on January 7, 2008 at 2:10pm — No Comments