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Riche ignorant.
LXXXVII.
Phryxus prochain de grand malheur, [1]
Eut tost bon heur, ce dit Ovide.
Mouton à poil d’or de valeur
Par la Mer seuremenet le guide.
Riche homme de prudence vuide,
Sous autruy tout son bien ordonne:
Sa femme luy conduit sa bride:
Et son valet conseil luy donne.
commentaire.
Phryxus fut fils d’Athamant Roy de Thebes, du
premier lict, lequel, craignant les embusches de sa
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marastre, voulut quitter son païs, avec sa soeur Helle:
Ayans donc receu
de leur pere un mouton à toison
d’or, ils monterent tous deux dessus, pour traverser la
mer de Pont. Mais Helle, s’espouvantant de la gran-
deur de la mer cheut en icelle, & se noya,
dont encor
jusqu’au jourd’huy icelle mer s’appelle de son nom
Hellespont. Phryxus arriva en l’isle de Colchos, & là
immola le mouton, & pendit au temple sa toison d’or
pour memoire. Ce Phryxus, ou plustot le mouton
couvert d’une si riche toison, peut representer un
homme riche & opulent, mais qui n’a ni jugement
ni raison: ains se laisse conduire à
l’appetit & volon-
té de sa femme, ou de son valet.
1. For the story of Phrixus and the Golden Fleece see Ovid, Fastii 3.851ff.
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