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Laura Gibbs's Blog – August 2007 Archive (18)

Fable of the Day: De Asino

Title: De Asino, qui hero ingrato serviebat: The Donkey, who served an ungrateful master, by Abstemius







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Asinus, qui viro cuidam ingrato multos annos inoffenso pede servierat, semel, ut fit, dum sarcina pressus gravi et salebrosa incedit via, sub onere ceciderat. Tum dominus implacabilis multis verberibus surgere compellebat, pigrum animal et ignavum… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 31, 2007 at 7:21pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Mure

Title: De Mure, qui cum fele amicitiam contrahere volebat: The Mouse who wanted to make friends with the cat, by Abstemius







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Mures complures in cavo parietis commorantes contemplabantur felem, quae in tabulato capite demisso et tristi vultu recumbebat. Tunc unus ex eis: Hoc animal, inquit, benignum admodum et mite videtur. Vultu enim ipso sanctimoniam… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 30, 2007 at 6:24pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Asino

Title: De Asino laborum finem non inveniente: The Donkey not finding any end to his labors, by Abstemius







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Asinus hiberno tempore plurimum angebatur, quod nimio afficeretur frigore et durum palearum haberet victum, quare vernam temperiem et teneras herbas optabat. Sed cum ver advenisset, cogereturque a domino qui figulus erat, argillam in aream et ligna ad… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 29, 2007 at 12:30am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De nuce, asino et muliere

Title: Quod nuci, asino et mulieri prosunt verbera: Walnut, Donkey and Woman Whipped, by Abstemius







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Mulier quaedam interrogabat nucem secus viam natam quae a praetereunte populo saxis impetebatur, quare esset ita amens ut quo pluribus maioribusque verberibus caederetur eo plures praestantioresque fructus procrearet? Cui iuglans: es ne, inquit, proverbii… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 28, 2007 at 7:17pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Viro clusteria recusante

Title: De Viro clusteria recusante: The Man Who Refused An Enema, by Abstemius







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Vir quidam natione Germanus, dives admodum, aegrotabat, ad quem curandum plures accesserant medici (ad mel enim catervatim convolant muscae) quorum unus inter cetera dicebat opus esse clusteribus, si vellet convalescere. Quod cum vir huiusmodi insuetus medicinae audiret, furore… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 24, 2007 at 5:12pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Viro Zelotypo

Title: De Viro Zelotypo, qui uxorem dederat custodiendam: The Jealous Husband, who handed over his wife for safe-keeping, by Abstemius







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Vir Zelotypus uxorem, quam parum pudice vivere compererat, cuidam amico, cui plurimum fidebat, dederat custodiendam, ingentem pollicitus pecuniam, si eam ita diligenter observaret, ut nullo modo coniugalem violaret copulam.… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 23, 2007 at 7:51pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Adolescente canente

Title: De Adolescente in funere matris canente: About the Young Man who sang at his mother's funeral, by Abstemius







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Vir quidam defunctam uxorem, quae ad sepulchrum efferebatur, lacrimis et fletibus prosequebatur, filius vero eius canebat. Qui, cum a patre increparetur ut amens et insanus qui in matris funere cantaret cum una secum maestus esse et flere… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 21, 2007 at 4:52pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De muliere

Title: De Muliere, quae pro viro mori se velle dicebat: The Woman, who said she wanted to die in place of her husband, by Abstemius







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Matrona quaedam admodum pudica et viri amantissima, aegre ferebat maritum adversa valetudine detineri. Lamentabatur, ingemiscebat et ut suum in virum amorem testaretur, rogabat mortem,… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 20, 2007 at 1:21pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Avibus

Title: De Avibus plures reges eligere volentibus: The Birds wanting to elect more kings, by Abstemius







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Aves consultabant de pluribus regibus eligendis cum aquila tantos volucrum greges sola regere non posset fecissentque voto satis nisi cornicis monitu a tali consilio destituissent. Quae cum causa rogaretur cur non plures reges duceret eligendos, quia… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 17, 2007 at 1:23pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Viro maligno et Daemone

Title: De Viro maligno et Daemone: The Wicked man and The Devil, by Abstemius







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Vir malignus cum plurima perpetrasset scelera et saepius captus et carcere conclusus arctissima et pervigili custodia teneretur, Daemonis auxilium implorat qui saepenumero ei adfuit et e multis eum periculis liberavit. Tandem iterum deprehenso et solitum auxilium imploranti… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 16, 2007 at 11:36am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Amne

Title: De Amne suum fontem conviciis lacessente: About the Stream who harangued its spring with complaints, by Abstemius







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Amnis quidam suum conviciis fontem lacessebat ut inertem qui immobilis staret nec ullos haberet pisces, se autem plurimum commendabat quod optimos crearet pisces et per valles blando murmure serperet. Indignatus fons in amnem velut… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 14, 2007 at 9:28am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Asino et Scurra

Title: De Asino et Scurra: The Donkey and The Buffoon, by Abstemius







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Asinus indigne ferens scurram quendam honorari et pulchris vestibus amiciri quia magnos ventris edebat sonos, ad magistratus accessit petens ne se minus quam scurram honorare vellent. Et cum magistratus admirantes eum interrogarent cur se ita honore dignum duceret, inquit: "Quia maiores… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 13, 2007 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Aesop's Fables Widgets

There's no fable of the day today because I've spent the afternoon working on my Schoolhouse Widgets for the Fall semester. There are two fable widgets in particular that might interest folks here - one in English, and one with the Latin texts. You can add these widgets to any webpage that allows javascript. If you have a Blogger.com blog, you can add them with a single click! I've also got Google Gadget versions available for most of these, for any of using iGoogle (fun!) as your browser… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 10, 2007 at 4:41pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Agricola

Title: De Agricola militiam et mercaturam affectante: The Farmer aspiring to the arts of war and of business, by Abstemius







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Agricola quidam aegre ferebat se assidue terram volvere nec perpetuis laboribus ad magnas divitias pervenire, cum nonnullos videret milites qui actis proeliis ita rem auxerant ut bene induti incederent et lautis epulis nutriti beatam… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 9, 2007 at 10:41am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Cera

Title: De Cera duritiem appetente: The Wax, seeking to become hard, by Abstemius







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Cera ingemiscebat se mollem et cuicumque levissimo ictu penetrabilem procreatam. Videns autem lateres ex luto multo molliori factos in tantam duritiem ignis calore pervenisse ut multa perdurarent saecula, se eiecit in ignem ut eandem duritiem consequeretur. Sed statim igne… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 7, 2007 at 1:38pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Ulmo et Silere

Title: De Ulmo et Silere: The Elm and The Willow, by Abstemius







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Ulmus in ripa fluminis nata, siler sibi proximum irridebat ut debile et invalidum quod ad omnem vel levissimum undarum impetum flecteretur, suam autem firmitatem et robur magnificis extollebat at verbis quod multos annos assiduos amnis impetus inconcussa pertulerat. Semel autem maxima undarum… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 6, 2007 at 7:23pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Leone et Mure

Title: De Leone et Mure: The Lion and The Mouse, by Abstemius







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Leo laqueo captus in silva, cum se ita irretitum videret ut nullis viribus se inde posse explicare confideret, murem rogavit ut, abroso laqueo, eum liberaret, promittens tanti beneficii non immemorem futurum. Quod cum mus prompte fecisset, leonem rogavit ut filiam eius sibi traderet in uxorem.… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 2, 2007 at 1:09pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Viro et Uxore Bigamis

Title: De Viro et Uxore Bigamis: The and The Woman who Remarried, by Abstemius







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Vir quidam, defuncta uxore quam valde dilexerat, duxit alteram et ipsam viduam, quae assiduo ei prioris mariti virtutes fortioraque facinora obiiciebat. Cui, ut par referret, ipse quoque defunctae uxoris mores probatissimos prudentiamque insignem referebat. Quadam autem die… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on August 1, 2007 at 7:04am — No Comments

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