Zeus smites Capaneus while he is climbing a ladder

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Zeus smites Capaneus while he is climbing a ladder.

Reversal of fortune. · Pride brought low. · Pride brought low – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as L472

“Further, they all, except Anto- ninus Liberalis, agree that the blindness of Tiresias was a punishment inflicted on him by Hera (Juno) because his answer to the question was displeasing to her. According to Phlegon, Hyginus, Lactantius Placidus, and the Second beheld snakes copulating on Cyllene, and that having wounded them he was turned from a man into a woman, but that on observing the same snakes copulating again, he became ἃ man.!”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. VI · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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GreekThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. VIThompson cites: Frazer Apollodorus I 367 n. 3.

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GreekFrazer Apollodorus I 367 n. 3. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. VI

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Filed under Pride brought low – miscellaneous.

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Stag scorns his legs but is proud of his horns. Caught by his horns in trees Fox destroys nest of bird who boasts of nest's warmth 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."The man scorns the storm: killed by it Pride or wealth of man brought low by actions of gods Oil lamp blown out: had thought that it outshone stars Jackal singing about his deeds falls down from tree and is eaten by alligator Gnats having overcome lion are in turn killed by spider Men too prosperous (happy): things are made more difficult

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Bird language learned by having ears magically cleansed Helpful horse Animals save person's life. (Cf. B540.)Tabu: revealing secrets of god Tabu: man looking at nude goddess Transformation: man to woman Man looks at copulating snakes: transformed to woman. (Cf. D12.)Sphinx propounds riddle on pain of death Riddle of the Sphinx: what is it that goes on four legs in the morning, on two at midday, and on three in the evening. (Man, who crawls as a child, walks in middle life, and walks with a stick in old age.)Punishment for splitting head and eating man's brains Punishment: banishment (exile)Blinding as punishment

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