In Greek mythology, Notus was the south wind, brother of Eurus, Boreas and Zephyrus. Though generally personified as gentle and warm, he brought storms in autumn and was feared as a destroyer of crops. His Roman mythological equivalent was Auster, who was the sirocco wind, bringing heavy cloud cover and fog or humid head.
If you had but touched me, my friend, you would have lost me, and
The Cock and the Jewel
A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a
not I, he would have taken thee up, and have set thee in thy
rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels in the world."
was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle
proclamation for a general assembly of all the birds and beasts,
and the Lamb, the Panther and the Kid, the Tiger and the Stag,
amity. The Hare said, "Oh, how I have longed to see this day, in
of the strong." And after the Hare said this, he ran for his
The wolf.html">Wolf and the Crane
A WOLF who had a bone.html">bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a
When the Crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised
"Why, you have surely already had a sufficient recompense, in
mouth and jaws of a wolf."
In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you
The Fisherman Piping
A FISHERMAN skilled in music took his flute.html">flute and his nets to the
in the hope that the fish, attracted by his melody, would of
At last, having long waited in vain, he laid aside his flute, and
When he saw them leaping about in the net upon the rock he said:
but now that I have ceased you do so merrily."
wheels sank down deep into a rut. The rustic driver, stupefied
loud cries to Hercules to come and help him. Hercules, it is
wheels, my man. Goad on your bullocks, and never more pray.html">pray to me
depend upon it you will henceforth pray in vain."
Self-help is the best help.
in the summertime. A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed
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