false 1155396 0 0 1331 0674994809 9780674994805 0 <![CDATA[Babrius and Phaedrus (Loeb Classical Library Greek Authors 436)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158206457m/1331.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158206457s/1331.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1331.Babrius_and_Phaedrus 5.00 2 Babrius is the reputed author of a collection (discovered in the 19th century) of more than 125 fables based on those called Aesop's, in Greek verse. He may have been a hellenised Roman living in Asia Minor during the late 1st century of our era. The fables are all in one metre and in very good style, humorous and pointed. Some are original.

Phaedrus, born in Macedonia, flourished in the early half of the 1st century of our era. Apparently a slave set free by the emperor Augustus, he lived in Italy and began to write Aesopian fables. When he offended Sejanus, a powerful official of the emperor Tiberius, he was punished but not silenced. The fables, in five books, are in lively terse and simple Latin verse not lacking in dignity. They not only amuse and teach but also satirise social and political life in Rome.

This edition includes a comprehensive analytical Survey of Greek and Latin fables in the Aesopic tradition, as well as a historical introduction.

]]> 2157 5.00 2 0 889 3.60 10 1 1155396 5.00 2 0 1990 2621031 025203192X 9780252031922 0 <![CDATA[Aesopica: A Series of Texts Relating to Aesop or Ascribed to Him]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2621031.Aesopica_A_Series_of_Texts_Relating_to_Aesop_or_Ascribed_to_Him 0.0 0 The most complete corpus of the proverbs and fables of Aesop ever assembled Ben Edwin Perry's Aesopica remains the definitive edition of all fables reputed to be by Aesop. The volume begins traditionally with a life of Aesop, but in two different and previously unedited Greek versions, with collations that record variations in the major recensions. It includes 179 proverbs attributed to Aesop and 725 carefully organized fables, for which Perry also provides their eldest known sources. To better evaluate the place of Aesop in literary history, Perry includes testimonies about Aesop made by Greek and Latin authors, from Herodotus to Maximus Planudes.
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