Aesopic Fable(Aesopus)APISmichigan.apis.2517(MiU)25176327563275p.mich;7;4565903959039p.yale;2;104P.Mich.inv. 5604A new version of a popular Aesop fable about the wisdom and foresight of the swallow; the three first lines could be the epimythium or moral of a Latin translation of either this fable or a preceding oneLocation: Ann ArborPub. status: Verso; Recto is P.Mich. VII, 456+ P.Yale 1158 versoLatin (l. 1-3); Greek1 papyrus ; 5 x 13 cm (+ P.Yale inv. 1158: 3.5 x 13 cm)Broken off at the left, right, and bottom15Source of description: B; VersoIIIrd century A.D.Unknown
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APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishLatin (l. 1-3)GreekAesopusFableLiteratureLiteraryPapyrus
(Latin) [- - -] when they were taken [- - -] how much harm [- - -] they don't comply (with her demands?).;(Greek) [When the] flax was sown, a swallow, [being clever, urged] the other birds to destroy [altogether] what would destroy them, by collecting [the seed]; but they failed to understand the advice of the swallow. Not long after, when the flax had been twisted into nets, the swallow transferred herself to the houses of man and built her nest just under his roof; and when the other birds were pressed tight (in the nets), they perceived [- - -]
Rep_Editor - Parassoglou GM; Rep_Ser. - StudPap 13; Rep_Year - 1974; Rep_Pg_No - 33-37 (with pl.) Sanders HA, PMich VII, 457, 1947, Pl. XVb -- BL IV, 54 (bibliography) Roberts CH, JRS 47, 124-125, 1957