μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • JewishNeuman.
Within the index

Filed under Choice between useful and ornamental.

1 finer motif beneath it
The bookman and the boatman: each ignorant of other's work. Bookman's swimming saves their lives
Filed beside it
Fruitful tree chosenUseful wins contest over beautifulUsefulness better than speedGoodness preferred to beautyUseful and ugly preferred to expensive and beautifulStrength preferred to clevernessGoodness preferred to wealthLearned person worth two unlearned. Latter wastes time, former not

wander