Legenda: Fallax et Verax

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The story of The Liar and The Truth-Teller is adapted from Ademar.

You can find this story, Ademar 51, along with other stories by Ademar, at the aesopica.net website.

The Perry number for this fable is Perry 569.

You can see a 1501 woodcut illustration for this fable at the University of Mannheim website.

You can find a translation of this story in Aesop's Fables, by Laura Gibbs (Oxford University Press, 2003).

Use this Study Guide to organize your learning activities.

Duo Homines, unus Fallax et alter Verax, iter simul agebant, et cum ambularent, venerunt in provinciam Simiarum.	Additional grammar commentary to be added... meanwhile, if you have questions, use the Comments? Questions? Suggestions? link at the top or bottom of this page if you have a query. You might also want to look at these Tips on Using Segmented Texts. ambularent: subjunctive with cum
Una ex multitudine Simiarum iussit omnes sibi similes adstare ante se ordine longo, dextra laevaque, et sibi sedile parari; sicut viderat Imperatorem aliquando qui taliter sibi fecit.	adstare: complementary infinitive with iussit
Iubentur Homines adduci in medio. Ait Simia: Quis sum ego? Fallax dixit : Tu es Imperator.
Iterum interrogat Simia: Et isti quos uides ante me stare?
Respondit: Hi sunt comites tui et principes et duces.
Et quia hoc mendacio laudata est Simia cum turba sua, iubet illum munerari.
Verax autem apud se cogitabat: Si iste Fallax, qui omnia mentitur, sic accepit, ego, si verum dixero, magis munerabor.
Tunc ait Simia: Dic et tu, quis sum ego, et hi quos ante me uides?
At ille Verax, qui semper ueritatem amabat et loqui consueverat, respondit: Tu es vere Simia, et omnes hi similes tui Simiae semper sunt.
Iubetur continuo lacerari dentibus et unguibus, eo quod verum dixisset.