Phryx Aesopus (Osius, 1574)
121. LUPUS PISCIS. (Perry 0)
QUem dixere Lupum, prae grandi corpore piscis
Imperio fluvii nempe tenebat aquas:
Fastidire suam quem stulte superbia sortem,
Appetat et temere regna marina facit.
Hac petit ille sui spe fluminis ostia piscis,
Enatat hinc, vastas et maris intrat aquas.
At Delphinus ibi regnans occurrit in undis
Illius hic speciem, corporaque ampla timet.
Qui iam saevus ubi sese huic ostenderet hostem,
Ad solitas se mox ille recepit aquas.
Ostia nec linquens magis appetit aequoris undas,
Sed quem iure tenet, cautus in amne manet.
Ne tibi deesse pares animo seu robore fingas,
Quantumvis valido qui tibi praestet, erit.
Quin homines etiam trans rivum vivere noris,
Quod sic Teutonico dicere more libet.
*** The drawing does not fit the fable. ***
The same image appears at Fable 206 where it fits.
Phryx Aesopus Habitu Poetico, by Hieronymus Osius, 1574 (artist not identified). Available online at the University of Mannheim. This book clearly recycles a set of images from another book of Aesop's fables. In some cases, the illustration does not match the fable shown, and in some cases I have not been able to identify what fable a given illustration is supposed to illustrate. |
