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28 P. Palau Rib. Lit. = Trismegistos 100188 = LDAB 10823 = michigan.apis.2617



APIS Translation (English)

p. 1: A myth is a narrative having been composed from the falsehood [ ] concieved for the gratification of our ... life compositionby the ancient people. The myth derives its name from the telling of .... and because it is composed with enjoyement in the form of verbal expressions for the living men. The telling of myths was among the ancients. The types of them (myths) are many. For some of the myths are called Aesopian, others Egyptian and Cyprian and Libyan, other and Sybaristic. The Aesopian myth are the ones which are composed for the dumb animals. The ... and Cilician myths and those mentioned above ... Aesop ... of different ;;p. 2: It consists of the following elements: of the obscure, of the detective, of the exaggerated, of the incredible, of impossible, of inexperient, of the disgrateful. And if we find that the hostile one is attached to the fiction, at the end let us use the making of the hostile element. We reproduce the myth of the dog exempli gratia. The people who say that after the introduction the myth has been said obscurely, as they hear that it is composed from the irrational element. When the dog snatched away the meat it happened just before ... from the road and when some from his house ... a cook who guarded his cooked food ... the dog without fear took it ... ;(translation by NL)