Fairy Tale in the Ancient World
Publisher: Routledge
Published: October 12, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780415237024
First sentence: In the course of a vulgar dinner party in a Roman novel, the nouveau riche host looks back on his career and announces that 'the man who was once a frog is now king' (qui fuit rana nunc est rex).