Fables: Babrius and Phaedrus (Loeb Classical Library No. 436)

Amazon.com Price: $28.00 (as of 10/11/2019 20:17 PST- Details)

Description

Babrius is the reputed writer of a collection (found out in the 19th century) of more than 125 fables based on those known as Aesop’s, in Greek verse. He may have been a hellenised Roman living in Asia Minor all the way through the late 1st century of our era. The fables are multi function 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. It seems that a slave set free by the emperor Augustus, he lived in Italy and started to write Aesopian fables. When he offended Sejanus, a powerful official of the emperor Tiberius, he was once punished but not silenced. The fables, in five books, are in vigorous 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, in addition to a historical introduction.

Home » Shop » Books » Subjects » Arts and Photography » History and Criticism » History » Ancient Civilizations » Greece » Fables: Babrius and Phaedrus (Loeb Classical Library No. 436)

Recent Products