donkey
animal · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
one-eyed donkey · skin of a donkey
in the texts
Wasps
A donkey Philocleon uses as cover in his Homeric-styled escape attempt.
PHILOCLEON By Zeus, not at all — I only want to sell the donkey, panniers and all — it's the new moon, you know, market day.
But I think I'll go in and bring the donkey out myself so the old man can't even peep through again.
SOSIAS But by Zeus, it is carrying one — look, here's a man slipped under it down below.
Manusmṛti
The donkey, used as a sacrificial animal in the chastity-vow penance and as an animal whose slaying is penanced.
But a student who has broken his vow of chastity should, at a crossroads, sacrifice a one-eyed donkey to Nirriti at night, by the rule of the `pākayajña`.
When this sin has been committed, having put on the skin of a donkey, he should beg for alms at seven houses, proclaiming his own deed.
and having killed a donkey, a one-year-old calf.