Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

public approval and public humiliation

public_approval_and_public_humiliation

A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Fortune Turned to Humiliation. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS / THE BALD MAN AND THE FLY / THE ASS AND THE WOLF / THE MONKEY AND THE CAMEL; lines 3444-3454 confidence: medium

    The Monkey receives great applause, which makes the Camel envious and desirous of winning the assembly’s favor by the same means.

    The same assembly that applauds one performer ridicules and drives away another when the second performance fails.

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