The constellation
L476 Jackal singing about his deeds falls down from tree and is eaten by alligator
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- Stag scorns his legs but is proud of his horns. Caught by his horns in trees · L461 entry
- Fox destroys nest of bird who boasts of nest's warmth · L462 entry
- The mule's double ancestry. When well fed says, "My mother was a thoroughbred horse." Later, hard worked, says, "My father was a miserable ass." · L465 entry
- The man scorns the storm: killed by it · L471 entry
- Zeus smites Capaneus while he is climbing a ladder · L472 entry
- Pride or wealth of man brought low by actions of gods · L473 entry
- Oil lamp blown out: had thought that it outshone stars · L475 entry
- Gnats having overcome lion are in turn killed by spider · L478 entry
- Men too prosperous (happy): things are made more difficult · L482 entry