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Ecbasis captivi
The ''Ecbasis captivi'' (full title: ''Ecbasis cuiusdam captivi per tropologiam'', "The escape of a certain captive, interpreted figuratively") is an anonymous Latin beast fable that probably dates to the middle of the 11th century,〔Voigt〕 and was likely written in the Vosges region of France.〔Bibliotheca Augustana〕 It is the oldest example of a European beast fable to survive, and the first medieval European example of anthropomorphic animals.〔Hallam, p. 298〕 The poem is written in hexameters with Leonine internal rhyme frequently used throughout the poem.〔Ziolkowski, p. 153-154〕〔Hallam, p. 298 et. seq〕 The text survives in two manuscripts, both of which now are at the Royal Library of Belgium.〔Pfeffer〕
==Synopsis==
The plot of the poem revolves around a fable within a fable. A calf has been caught by a wolf on Easter. The wolf has a dream, warning him not to eat the calf. Meanwhile, the other animals come to the wolf's cave.
The inner fable is told, which explains why the wolf and fox are enemies. The lion, king of beasts, was sick. All the animals suggest cures for the lion except for the fox. The wolf suggests that the fox should be hanged for his failure to appear and offer a cure. A panther warns the fox to present himself and make a defense; the fox appears and explains that he was on a pilgrimage. He offers his cure: flay the wolf and let the lion use his skin as a blanket. This was done, and the cure worked. The lion recovers; courtiers sing songs comparing the lion's suffering to the passion of Jesus Christ, and the fox supplants the wolf as regent.
Then, the wolf shows himself to the assembled crowd of animals, which allows the calf to escape. The wolf is gored by the steer, and the fox writes him an epitaph.〔Bibliotheca Augustana〕〔Pfeffer〕
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