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The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo
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How a Man who Becomes Steady at Last After his Former Excesses
When they would denote a man who after his former excesses at length becomes steady, they portray a BULL BOUND ABOUT BY A WILD FIG BRANCH; for if when violent he is bound with a wild fig branch, he becomes gentle.
Footnotes
133:1 Treb. renders, novissima calamitate castigatum, "chastised by a very recent calamity."
