The Fables of Phaedrus

by Phaedrus

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029272473X
• ISBN13: 9780292724730
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"