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DIVES INDOCTUS.
The stupid rich man
Tranat aquas residens precioso in vellere Phrixus,
Et flavam impavidus per mare scandit ovem.
Ecquid id est? vir sensu hebeti, sed divite gaza,
Coniugis aut servi quem regit arbitrium.[1]
Phrixus traverses the waters astride the precious fleece and fearlessly rides the golden sheep across the sea. - Whatever can this be? - A man dull of sense, but with rich coffers, whom the whim of wife or servant rules.
Notes:
1. For the story of Phrixus and the Golden Fleece see Ovid, Fastii 3.851ff.
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- arm held downwards [31A2515] Search | Browse Iconclass
- floating (movement in water) (+ variant) [31A2774(+0)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- adult man [31D14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude [41D91] Search | Browse Iconclass
- riding on animal other than horse, ass, or mule [46C132:47I2131] Search | Browse Iconclass
- ram [47I2131] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Phrixus and Helle escape on the ram (+ variant) [95A(PHRIXUS)32(+0)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Ignorance; 'Ignoranza', 'Ignoranza di tutte le cose', 'Ignoranza in un ricco senza lettere' (Ripa) [52AA5] Search | Browse Iconclass
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