num_pages: 736
description: 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 CE. The fables are all in one metre &amp; in very good style, humorous &amp; pointed. Some are original. Phaedrus, born in Macedonia, flourished in the early half of the 1st century CE. Apparently a slave set free by the emperor Augustus, he lived in Italy &amp; 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 &amp; simple Latin verse not lacking in dignity. They not only amuse &amp; teach but also satirise social &amp; political life in Rome. This edition includes a comprehensive analytical Survey of Greek &amp; Latin fables in the Aesopic tradition, as well as a historical introduction.INTRODUCTION: The aesopic fable in antiquity. Nature &amp; origin of fable. Aesop. Babrius. Phaedrus BABRIUS: Introduction. Text &amp; translation of the metrically extant fables PHAEDRUS: Introduction. Text &amp; translation of the metrically extant fables APPENDIX: An analytical survey of Greek &amp; Latin fables in the Aesopic tradition  INDICES: Index of fables. Index of proper nouns &amp; adjectives occurring within the fables
language: English
title: Babrius and Phaedrus: Fables
titlecomplete: Babrius and Phaedrus: Fables (Loeb Classical Library #436)
genres: Classics, Poetry
ratings_count: 20
publisher: Harvard University Press