Apes
animal · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
apes · fierce-eyed apes
in the texts
Peace
Animal figure in Hierocles's oracle representing the (comic) enemy the Athenians have made peace with.
TRYGAEUS I was delighted with the "fierce-eyed apes.
Protrepticus
Apes, whose keepers marvel that no waxen, clay, or doll likeness deceives them, contrasted favorably with human worshippers of statues.
But the keepers and tenders of apes have marvelled that no waxen or clay likeness or doll deceives these creatures;