Fables / / Babrius ; with an English translation by Ben Edwin Perry

• Autore: Babrius
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Soggetto topico: Classical poetry - Translations into English; Classical poetry; Fables, Classical - Stories, plots, etc; Fables, Classical - Translations into English; Fables, Classical; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Persona (resp. second.): Phaedrus; PerryB. E. <1892-1968, > (Ben Edwin); Babrius
• Note generali: Includes indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: INTRODUCTION: The aesopic fable in antiquity. Nature and origin of fable. Aesop. Babrius. Phaedrus -- BABRIUS: Introduction. Text and translation of the metrically extant fables -- PHAEDRUS: Introduction. Text and translation of the metrically extant fables -- APPENDIX: An analytical survey of Greek and Latin fables in the Aesopic tradition -- INDICES: Index of fables. Index of proper nouns and adjectives occurring within the fables.
• Sommario/riassunto: Babrius's humorous and pointed fables in Greek verse probably date from the first century CE. From the same period come the lively fables in Latin verse written by Phaedrus, which satirize social and political life in Augustan Rome.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fables
• ISBN: 0-674-99480-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996214860403316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno