Phryx Aesopus (Osius, 1574)
81. MULIER ET ANCILLAE. (Perry
55)
FEmina cum viduos quaedam traduceret annos,
Et sibi texendi quaereret arte cibum.
Ad solitum famulas noctu mox illa laborem,
Nempe sonat Galli vox ubi prima, vocat.
Illa fatigatas exhausti mole laboris,
Hanc interficerent, causa iubebat, avem.
Quam dignam dixere mori, quia voce quietem
Importuna sequi non pateretur heram.
Sed magis hoc facto quas dura priore fatigat
Conditio, quam non ferre labore caret.
Nam non rite notans hera lapsi temporis horas
Saepius has prima surgere nocte iubet.
Consilii spem saepe bonam comitabitur error,
Raro conveniens exitus esse solet.
** This image does not fit the fable. **
It looks more like an illustration to a risque fable about a man and a woman caught in bed together.
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. |
