Phryx Aesopus (Osius, 1574)
74. FORMICA ET COLUMBA. (Perry
235)
SE liquidi Formica lubens demittit in undas
Fonticuli, cupiens forte levare sitim.
Undis ablatam sed dira pericula tangunt,
Pene, pedes dum nil falciat, illa perit.
Vidit ut hoc, viridem defringit ab arbore ramum,
Deicit hunc illi, fertque Palumbus opem.
Servat adhaerescens ramo sic anxia vitam,
Fontanis alias quae periisset aquis.
Tempore post paruo, qui falleret, adfuit Auceps,
Hanc ipsam calamis insidiatus avem.
Cui metuens Formica volens avertere mortem
Clam subit arrepens aucupis inter opus.
Sic quem laesit, ut huic mox abiceretur arundo,
Hoc strepitu letum territa vitat avis.
Res pia pro meritis est grata mente probari,
Praestando studii convenientis opus.
Although this image appears with Fable 72, it looks like it was also intended as an illustration for this fable:
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. |
