μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

What one has is neglected in search for other things.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Gains and losses. · Choices: little gain, big loss. · view the constellation · filed as J344

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Filed under Choices: little gain, big loss.

2 finer motifs beneath it
The monkey and the lost lentil. Lets all others he has in his hand fall in order to search for it Host wants to learn Hebrew even at risk of forgetting his own language
Filed beside it
Weight of bodily member chosen rather than its loss. (Cf. J351.) High wages bring expensive living Man refuses cure which brings greater inconvenience The valuable neglected for the interesting Better be content with what you have, than try to get more and lose everything Wealth and glory sacrificed for freedom and virtue

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