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AD IDEM.
The same
Alveolis dum mella legit, percussit amorem,
Furacem mala apes, & summis spicula liquit,
In digitis, tumido gemit at puer ungue [=anxius ungue]
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Et quatit errabundus humum, Venerique dolorem,
Indicat & graviter quaeritur quod apicula parvum
Ipsa inferre animal tam noxia vulnera possit.
Cui ridens Venus, hanc imitaris tu quoque dixit,
Nate feram, qui das tot noxia vulnera parvus.[2]
While he was taking honey from the hives, a vicious bee stung thieving Amor, and left its sting in the end of his finger. The boy in distress cried out as his finger-end swelled up. He ran about, stamping his foot, showed his hurt to Venus, and complained bitterly that a little bee, that tiny creature, could inflict such grievous wounds. Venus smiled at him and said, “You are like this creature, my son; small as you are you deal many a grievous wound”.
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- insects: bee (+ postures, positions of animal(s)) [25F711(BEE)(+53)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sweet (taste) [31A3420] Search | Browse Iconclass
- pain [31A4610] Search | Browse Iconclass
- infections and wounds [31A4632] Search | Browse Iconclass
- honey [41C636] Search | Browse Iconclass
- bee-hive [47I242] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Pleasure, Enjoyment, Joy; 'Allegrezza', 'Allegrezza da le medaglie', 'Allegrezza, letitia e giubilo', 'Diletto', 'Piacere', 'Piacere honesto' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56B1(+4):56F2(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56BB1(+4):56F2(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- (story of) Venus (Aphrodite) [92C4] Search | Browse Iconclass
- (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros) (+ variant) [92D1(+0)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- crying Cupid, surrounded by bees, runs or clings to his mother Venus to be soothed [92D1621] Search | Browse Iconclass
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