μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

God of wealth in bad company. Heracles on his arrival in heaven fails to greet Plutus, the god of wealth: he has seen him in too bad company.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Choice of associates. · Association of the good and the evil. · view the constellation · filed as J451.3

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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  • general Wienert FFC LVI 76 (ET 418), 120 (ST 295)
  • general Halm Aesop No 160.
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Filed under Contagiousness of bad company.

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Ass buyer returns ass which has associated with lazy companionsStork killed along with cranes. Ill-advised associations end fatallyMirror begrimed by snail

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