Chapter IV: Book IV

Prologue 409 510
Fable I. The Ass and the Priests of Cybele 410 509
[III.XIX in Smart]
II. The Weasel and the Mice 411 510 [I]
III. The Fox and the Grapes 411 511 [II]
IV. The Horse and the Wild Boar 411 511 [III]
V. Esop interpreting a Will 412 512 [IV]
VI. The Battle of the Mice and the Weasels 413 514 [V]
VII. The Poet's Defence against the Censurers
of his Fables 414 514 [VI]
VIII. The Viper and the File 415 515 [VII]
IX. The Fox and the Goat 415 516 [VIII]
X. Of the Vices of Men 416 516 [IX]
XI. A Thief pillaging the Altar of Jupiter 416 517 [X]
XII. Hercules and Plutus 417 517 [XI]
XIII. The Lion reigning 417 ---
XIV. Prometheus 418 ---
XV. The She-Goats and their Beards 418 518 [XII]
XVI. The Pilot and the Mariners 419 518 [XIII]
XVII. The Embassy of the Dogs to Jupiter 419 ---
XVIII. The Man and the Snake 420 519 [XIV]
XIX. The Fox and the Dragon 421 519 [XV]
XX. Phædrus 422 520 [XVI]
XXI. The Shipwreck of Simonides 422 520 [XVII]
XXII. The Mountain in Labour 423 522 [XVIII]
XXIII. The Ant and the Fly 424 522 [XIX]
XXIV. Simonides preserved by the Gods 425 523 [XX]
Epilogue 426 524