The Fables of Odo of Cheriton |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Fables of Odo of Cheriton | 63 |
Prologue | 65 |
How the Trees Elected a King | 68 |
The Ants | 70 |
The Chicks Elect a King | 71 |
An Abbot Food and Some Monks | 72 |
The Hawk the Dove and the Duke | 73 |
One Dog Two Men | 147 |
The Dogs an Ass and His Lord | 148 |
The Cheese and the Raven | 149 |
An Athenian | 150 |
A Further Treatment of the Same Theme | 151 |
The He Goat Who Wanted To Take a Ride | 152 |
An Aged Father His Son and the King | 153 |
The Wolf and the Fox | 154 |
The Hornet | 74 |
The Buzzard and the Hawks Nest | 75 |
The Cuckoo and the Sparrow | 76 |
The Stork and the Wolf | 77 |
A Certain Bird of Saint Martin | 78 |
The Bird Called Break Bone | 80 |
The Stork and His Wife | 81 |
The Heretic and the Fly | 82 |
The Cats Beautiful Wife | 143 |
The Stork and the Serpent | 144 |
The Peacock Stripped of Its Plumage | 145 |
The Toad and the Frog | 146 |
The Fly and the Ant | 155 |
An Explanatory Note | 157 |
Alternate Prologue to The Fables of Odo of Cheriton | 158 |
The Eagle and the Cuckoo | 159 |
Philomel and a Bowman | 160 |
A Certain Man Flees the Unicorn | 161 |
The Mouse and His Sons | 162 |
The Lord Theodosius Bishop of Sion | 163 |
The Wolf the Fox and the Ass | 165 |
Notes to the Translation | 167 |
Bibliography | 181 |
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