Perry's Index to the Aesopica
Fables exist in many versions; here is one version in English:
THE DONKEY AND THE WILD BOAR
When a foolish person just wants to get a laugh, he often
teases someone in a way that is actually quite insulting, thus
getting himself into serious trouble indeed.
A donkey happened to run into a wild boar and greeted him, 'Good day, brother.'
The boar was indignant and, spurning the donkey's salutation, he demanded to
know how the donkey could make such an outrageous claim. The donkey extended
his prick and said, 'Even if you deny that you have anything in common with me,
this certainly seems to have a great deal in common with your snout.' Although
he wanted to launch an attack that would be worthy of his breeding, the boar
checked his rage and said, 'I could easily avenge myself, but I don't want to
sully myself with the blood of this worthless coward!' |
 Source:
Aesop's Fables. A new translation by Laura
Gibbs.
Oxford University Press (World's Classics): Oxford, 2002.
NOTE: New
cover, with new ISBN, published in 2008; contents of book unchanged.
Perry 484: Caxton 1.11 [English]
Perry 484: Gibbs (Oxford) 216 [English]
Perry 484: L'Estrange 11 [English]
Perry 484: Steinhowel 1.11 [Latin, illustrated] Mannheim
University Library
Perry 484: Ademar 12 [Latin]
Perry 484: Phaedrus 1.29 [Latin]
Perry 484: Rom. Anglicus 118 [Latin]
You can find a compilation of Perry's index to the Aesopica in the gigantic appendix to his
edition of Babrius and Phaedrus for the Loeb Classical Library
(Harvard University Press: Cambridge, 1965). This book is an absolute must for anyone interested
in the Aesopic fable tradition. Invaluable.
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