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The Fables of Phaedrus (Paperback): Phaedrus The Fables of Phaedrus (Paperback)
Phaedrus; Translated by P.F. Widdows
R525 Discovery Miles 5 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Animal fables are said to have originated with Aesop, a semilegendary Samian slave, but the earliest surviving record of the fables comes from the Latin poet Phaedrus, who introduced the new genre to Latin literature. This verse translation of The Fables is the first in English in more than two hundred years.

In addition to the familiar animal fables, about a quarter of the book includes such diverse material as prologues and epilogues, historical anecdotes, short stories, enlarged proverbs and sayings, comic episodes and folk wisdom, and many incidental glimpses of Greek and Roman life in the classical period.

The Fables also sheds light on the personal history of Phaedrus, who seems to have been an educated slave, eventually granted his freedom by the emperor Augustus. Phaedrus' style is lively, clean, and sparse, though not at the cost of all detail and elaboration. It serves well as a vehicle for his two avowed purposes--to entertain and to give wise counsel for the conduct of life. Like all fabulists, Phaedrus was a moralist, albeit on a modest and popular level.

An excellent introduction by P. F. Widdows provides information about Phaedrus, the history of The Fables, the metric style of the original and of this translation, and something of the place of these fables in Western folklore. The translation is done in a free version of Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse, a form used by W. H. Auden and chosen here to match the popular tone of Phaedrus' Latin verse.

Fables (Hardcover): Babrius, Phaedrus Fables (Hardcover)
Babrius, Phaedrus; Translated by Ben Edwin Perry
R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

Fabulae Aesopiae (Latin, Hardcover): Giovanni Zago Fabulae Aesopiae (Latin, Hardcover)
Giovanni Zago; Originally written by Phaedrus
R2,666 Discovery Miles 26 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ausgewählte Fabeln des Phädrus. (Hardcover): Phaedrus, Franz Eduard Raschig Ausgewählte Fabeln des Phädrus. (Hardcover)
Phaedrus, Franz Eduard Raschig
R827 Discovery Miles 8 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ausgewählte Fabeln des Phädrus. (Paperback): Phaedrus, Franz Eduard Raschig Ausgewählte Fabeln des Phädrus. (Paperback)
Phaedrus, Franz Eduard Raschig
R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Le Favole Di Fedro (Hardcover): Phaedrus Le Favole Di Fedro (Hardcover)
Phaedrus
R831 Discovery Miles 8 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Le Favole Di Fedro: Phaedrus Le Favole Di Fedro
Phaedrus
R489 Discovery Miles 4 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fabeln (German, Hardcover, Annotated edition): Phaedrus Fabeln (German, Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Phaedrus; Edited by Eberhard Oberg
R1,075 R858 Discovery Miles 8 580 Save R217 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Les Fabulistes Latins Depuis Le Siècle D'auguste Jusqu'à La Fin Du Moyen Âge; Volume 2 (Hardcover): Phaedrus,... Les Fabulistes Latins Depuis Le Siècle D'auguste Jusqu'à La Fin Du Moyen Âge; Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Phaedrus, Romulus, Léopold Hervieux
R1,417 Discovery Miles 14 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Les Fabulistes Latins Depuis Le Siècle D'auguste Jusqu'à La Fin Du Moyen Âge; Volume 2 (Paperback): Phaedrus,... Les Fabulistes Latins Depuis Le Siècle D'auguste Jusqu'à La Fin Du Moyen Âge; Volume 2 (Paperback)
Phaedrus, Romulus, Léopold Hervieux
R1,151 Discovery Miles 11 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Romulus - Die Paraphrasen Des Phaedrus Und Die Aesopische Fabel in Mittelalter (Paperback): Aesop, Phaedrus, Romulus Romulus - Die Paraphrasen Des Phaedrus Und Die Aesopische Fabel in Mittelalter (Paperback)
Aesop, Phaedrus, Romulus
R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Romulus - Die Paraphrasen Des Phaedrus Und Die Aesopische Fabel in Mittelalter (Hardcover): Aesop, Phaedrus, Romulus Romulus - Die Paraphrasen Des Phaedrus Und Die Aesopische Fabel in Mittelalter (Hardcover)
Aesop, Phaedrus, Romulus
R834 Discovery Miles 8 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fabulae Aesopiae... (Hardcover): Phaedrus, François-Joseph Terrasse Desbillons Fabulae Aesopiae... (Hardcover)
Phaedrus, François-Joseph Terrasse Desbillons; Karl Zell
R872 Discovery Miles 8 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fabulae Aesopiae... (Paperback): Phaedrus, François-Joseph Terrasse Desbillons Fabulae Aesopiae... (Paperback)
Phaedrus, François-Joseph Terrasse Desbillons; Karl Zell
R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Der lateinische Äsop des Romulus und die Prosa-Fassungen des Phädrus - Kritischer Text mit Kommentar und einleitenden... Der lateinische Äsop des Romulus und die Prosa-Fassungen des Phädrus - Kritischer Text mit Kommentar und einleitenden Untersuchungen von Georg Thiele (Paperback)
Aesop, Phaedrus; Created by King Of Rome Romulus
R935 Discovery Miles 9 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Les Fabulistes Latins Depuis Le Siécle D'auguste Jusqu'à La Fin Du Moyen Âge; Volume 1 (Hardcover): Aesop,... Les Fabulistes Latins Depuis Le Siécle D'auguste Jusqu'à La Fin Du Moyen Âge; Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Aesop, Phaedrus, Romulus
R1,412 Discovery Miles 14 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Les Fabulistes Latins Depuis Le Siécle D'auguste Jusqu'à La Fin Du Moyen Âge; Volume 1 (Paperback): Aesop,... Les Fabulistes Latins Depuis Le Siécle D'auguste Jusqu'à La Fin Du Moyen Âge; Volume 1 (Paperback)
Aesop, Phaedrus, Romulus
R1,145 Discovery Miles 11 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Les Fables De Phèdre - Affranchi D'auguste, Traduites En Français... (Hardcover): Phaedrus Les Fables De Phèdre - Affranchi D'auguste, Traduites En Français... (Hardcover)
Phaedrus
R914 Discovery Miles 9 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Les Fables De Phèdre - Affranchi D'auguste, Traduites En Français... (Paperback): Phaedrus Les Fables De Phèdre - Affranchi D'auguste, Traduites En Français... (Paperback)
Phaedrus
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Der lateinische Äsop des Romulus und die Prosa-Fassungen des Phädrus - Kritischer Text mit Kommentar und einleitenden... Der lateinische Äsop des Romulus und die Prosa-Fassungen des Phädrus - Kritischer Text mit Kommentar und einleitenden Untersuchungen von Georg Thiele (Hardcover)
Aesop, Phaedrus; Created by King Of Rome Romulus
R1,225 Discovery Miles 12 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fabularum Aesopiarum Libros 4; ex Codice Olim Pithoeano, Deinde Peletteriano Contextu Codicis Nunc P (Paperback): Phaedrus Fabularum Aesopiarum Libros 4; ex Codice Olim Pithoeano, Deinde Peletteriano Contextu Codicis Nunc P (Paperback)
Phaedrus
R660 Discovery Miles 6 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The comedies of Terence and the fables of Phaedrus (Paperback): Phaedrus, Henry T Riley The comedies of Terence and the fables of Phaedrus (Paperback)
Phaedrus, Henry T Riley
R1,353 Discovery Miles 13 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Poetical Translation of the Fables of Phaedrus, With the Appendix of Gudius, and an Accurate Edition of the Original on the... A Poetical Translation of the Fables of Phaedrus, With the Appendix of Gudius, and an Accurate Edition of the Original on the Opposite Page. To Which is Added, a Parsing Index for the use of Learners. By Christopher Smart, (Hardcover)
Phaedrus
R979 Discovery Miles 9 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabularum AEsopiarum Libri Quinque. Or, a Correct Latin Edition of the Fables of Phaedrus - With a new... Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabularum AEsopiarum Libri Quinque. Or, a Correct Latin Edition of the Fables of Phaedrus - With a new Literal English Translation, and a Copious Parsing Index; ... By a Gentleman of the University of Cambridge. (Hardcover)
Phaedrus
R872 Discovery Miles 8 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Improved Latin Orthography. Phaedrus; or, Phaidros' Fables, in Latin, Adapted to the use of Learners and Others, ...... Improved Latin Orthography. Phaedrus; or, Phaidros' Fables, in Latin, Adapted to the use of Learners and Others, ... Formed on the Greek Model, ... Being Volume the First of the Latin Authors; ... By S. B. A.B (Hardcover)
Phaedrus
R793 Discovery Miles 7 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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