Aesop's human zoo
Subtitle: Roman stories about our bodies
By: translated from Phaedrus's Latin by John Henderson ; with illustrations by Thomas Bewick.
Contributors: Henderson, John, 1948-; Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.
Publisher: University of Chicago
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Phaedrus -- Translations into English; Fables, Latin -- Translations into English; Body, Human -- Poetry; Animals -- Poetry; Fables, Latin; Rome -- Poetry
Genres: Translations into English.; Poetry.
Description: "In Aesop's Human Zoo, the Cambridge classicist John Henderson puts together a set of up-front translations - fifty sharp, raw, and sometimes bawdy, fables by Phaedrus rendered in the tersest colloquial English verse." "Providing unusual insights into the heart of Roman culture, these clever poems open up odd avenues of ancient lore and life as they explore social types and physical aspects of the body, regularly mocking the limitations of human nature and offering vulgar or promiscuous interpretations of the stuff of social life." "Beginning to advanced classicists and Latin scholars will appreciate the original Latin text provided in this bilingual edition. The splash of classic Thomas Bewick wood engravings to accompany the fables renders the collection complete."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.