μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Physician willing to believe in four persons. Angers a theologian by disputing doctrine of the Trinity. "Don't get angry," he says; "rather than have you condemn me to hell, I would believe in four persons."

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Adaptability. · Policy in dealing with the great. · view the constellation · filed as J817.2

Cited in the index
  • general Wesselski Bebel I 163 No. 98.
Within the index

Filed under A soft answer turneth away wrath.

1 finer motif beneath it
King makes absurd statement about flowers. Flatterer agrees: it is the king he serves, not the wretched flowers
Filed beside it
Man called a rogue by a nobleman makes a joke of the insult. He thus avoids trouble With a silent person one is alone. Angered bishop will not answer when addressed. Relents when priest says, "Since there is no one here I may heed the call of Nature."

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