fi lamen tary massing . SELECT FABLE F H ED US S O P A R . Edited for the Us e of hools Sc . BY A LP LE A s. W O . A , M , ASSISTANT MASTER AT BO SSALL sdnoon. I A D A L A I ES WI TH N O TE S, E XER C SE S, N VO C B U R . 0 11 13 0 n MACMILLAN AND AND NEW YO RK . 8 1 87 . INTR ODUCTION . HAE RUS was a nat ve of P e r a a di str ct of P D i i i , i Mac e donia on the north-we st shore s of the Aegae an h Ar i He was rou t as a slave Se a (t e ch pelago) . b gh to ome in his out and was fre e Au ustus R y h, d by g , the first oman em e ror a out the e nn n of the R p , b b gi i g r r ar in is fa l s of c he Christian e a . The e e h b e ( whi h rote ne arl 1 00 some ro a le ot e r oss le w y ) p b b , h p ib , allusions to pe rse cutions at the hand of Sejanus (the erful favour te of the em e ror Ti e rius the pow i p b , successor of Au ustus who ma ell ave loo e g ), y w h k d t im ! upon many of the se fable s as pointe d agains h . But we find from an allusion that he live d on into h n f l r A. 4 1 t e reig o C audius (empe or D . The st le of ae rus fore ner as he was is y Ph d , ig , neat concise and usuall clear. The am ic l ne , , y i b i s an a t m ans of re ss n ost f his he make p e e xp io . M o variat ons from Lat n rose om h c are o nte i i p idi , w i h p i d out in the notes are to be foun in ot er oets , d h p ? al no f able See so last te o f ii . ‘ ' Se e v vi l l vi ii x and xi 1 l . 7 ; . ; . 6 ; . 5 8 ; . ; xvi . l 3 , etc . E F B F E AED US SEL CT A LES O P R . But on the ot er an hi s st le ofte n lac s life , h h d, y k , g n rus v " H o a d the moralist is often too obt i e . e pr fe sse s to be a follower of the Gre ek Ae sop (a contem orar of the At en an Solon and of the p y h i , L an Croe sus a out but onl a out ydi , b y b one -t his fa les are er ve from the Gree hird of b d i d k, h H is n e e as t e se e n e tte r t an t e re st. e h b i g b h i d d, Le ss n and ot ers ave o nte out nfer or ot i g h h p i d , i i b h to Ae s and th Fr n oet La Fontaine one op to e e ch p , of ose fa les N . vii in the re sent e it on is wh b , o . p d i , uote in f ll q d u . ' Le Cor bea u et le Rena rd . Maitre corbeau sur un a rbre e rch , p é, Tena it en son be e u n roma e f g . ’ Maitre re na rd ar l od e nt all ch , p é é, Lui tint a pe n pres cc la ngage e n our monsieur d u r H 1 bo j , Co bea u, Que vous éte s joli l que v ous me se mblez beau ! Sans mentir si votre rama e , g Se ra orte a votre luma e pp p g , ’ Vous ete s le h nix d es h6tes d e ces is p é bo . A cos mots le corbe au no as sent pas d e joie ; Et our montre r sa belle v oix p , I] ouvre nu la r e be c laisse tombe r os roie g , p , ’ Le re na rd s e n it e di M o e sais , t t : on bon m nsi ur, Appre nez que tout fia tte ur Se e n n e i . 6 11 first n te 1 otes o . g. , ; . ( o ) ; 11 . 6 ; iv. (first n ote ). D N IN TRO UCTIO . ix ’ Vit aux dépens d e celui qui l econte Ce n vaut bien un roma e sans d oute . tte lesso f g , Le corbeau honte ux e t con us , f , ’ ’ ura mais un e u tard u on ne l re ndr ait lus. J , p , q y p p The se twenty-nine fables are thos e contained in ’ Siebelis Tirocinium Poeticum Le z : Te ubne r 1 3 th ( ip ig , t on The te xt is almost a re rint of t at e di i , p h of Profe ssor Lucian Muelle r. F R T AN SLA IN ATIN HINTS O R T G L . not be in b ta kin the fi rst word ou ma ha en 1 . Do g y g y y pp a once and th e ef f ce and to se e , but t chi verb o the se nten , l note its number and ers n e spe cial y p o . This ve rb will be (a ) Usually in the indica tiv e mood ; a laus i cla u e b Nor in REL TIVE c e . a. a s introduced ( ) A , , b ua e uad y M . q . q ; c Non in an ADVERBIAL cla use i e cla u intro ( ) , . , a se ‘ ’ d uce d b such con un ions a s a t y j ct , tha t ; si , ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ if cum when since althou h ; , , , g . ’ 2 Ne xt find this v e rb s sub ect whi ch will usuall . j , y be a substantive a d e ctive or ronoun in the n , j , p omi nati ve ca se , an d of the same numbe r an d e rson as its ve rb p . a The sub e ct ma be also 1 an infinitive m 2 ( ) j y ( ) ood , ( ) a cla use a s uon TU sca l a rs me , q tristem fa cit, wha t ou write make s me sa d r y , o (3 ) conta in ed ’ in the ve rb endin as dixit said h g, , e . SEL ECT E OF PHAEDR US x FABL S . (6) When the subje ct is ma d e up of two or more substa ntive s d e notin diffe re nt e rsons or thin s g p g , but re a rd e d as in conne ction with ea ch othe r g , the ve rb is ut in the PL L p UR A . N B -I conn e ctin a ve rb with its sub e ct ou ma . n g j y y usuall PASS VER Two m Nor OVER ONE . y O co m a, 3 . If the ve rb is transitive look for the direct obj ect, usuall a word in he y t accusative . 4 . If the ve rb is intransitive look for i ndi rect ob ect j , usuall a w rd in the Also if the ve rb is y o dati ve . qualifie d by (a ) An ad ve rb (b) An ad ve rbial clause ( 0) An a bla tive ; d A re ositi n wi ( ) p p o th its case . Re turn e su 5 . to th bject and see in like manner if it is qualifi e d by (a ) An a dje ctive (or pa rticiple ) agre e ing with it in GEN DER NUMBER AND C SE , , A ; (b) An adjective ] re lative ) cla use ; n un in a n hi ch (c) A o ppositio , w will be in the same CASE . (d A ge nitive case . The onnwr ma also be ualified in [ y q any of these ways. ) E LE T FABLE F PHAE D S C S O RU S . I THE WOLF AND THE LAMB . Ad rivum eundem lupus et agnus venerant siti compulsi superior stabat lupus - r r nus Tune fauc im longe que infe io ag . e proba i s m int latro incitatus jurgi cau a ulit . ’ Cur in uit tur bulentam fecisti mi i , q , h aquam bibenti Laniger contra timens ui ossum uae so face re uo uer ri lu e ? q p , q , , q d q e s, p ’ a t d e currit ad me os austus l u r o h iq o . Repulsus ille veritatis viribus ’ ’ an h se x m nse s male ait ti te os e dixis mi i . xc , , h ’ Re s ondit a nus e uidem natus non eram p g q .