Men too prosperous (happy): things are made more difficult — Mythoi

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Men too prosperous (happy): things are made more difficult.

Reversal of fortune. · Pride brought low. · Pride brought low – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as L482

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Filed under Pride brought low – miscellaneous.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Men are too rich: greedy gods created to impoverish them Men are too rich: weeds created to spoil their harvests Men are too proud: snakes created Men are fearless: tiger made to frighten them Men enjoy themselves too much: disease created

Filed beside it

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 Zeus smites Capaneus while he is climbing a ladder 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

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