Phaedrus: 7 books

Animal fables are said to have originated with Aesop, a semilegendary Samian slave, but the earliest surviving record of the fables comes from the Latin poet Phaedrus, who introduced the new genre to Latin literature. This verse translation of The Fables is the first in English in more than two hundred...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: The fable is a small narrative, in prose or verse, which has as its main characteristic the aim of conveying a moral lesson (the “moral”), implicitly or, more normally, explicitly expressed....

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"Zweifach ist des Buches Zweck: Es reizt zum Lachen / und gibt fürs künft'ge Leben gute, weise Lehren." Da Phaedrus' Fabeln darüber hinaus auch sprachlich leicht zu bewältigen sind, werden sie - besonders die Tierfabeln - im Lateinunterreicht gerne als Erstlektüre gelesen. Dieser Band...

Driven by thirst, a Wolf and a Lamb had come to the same stream; the Wolf stood above, and the Lamb at a distance below. Then, the spoiler, prompted by a ravenous maw, alleged a pretext for a quarrel. "Why," said he, "have you made the water muddy for me while I am drinking?" The...

Driven by thirst, a Wolf and a Lamb had come to the same stream; the Wolf stood above, and the Lamb at a distance below. Then, the spoiler, prompted by a ravenous maw, alleged a pretext for a quarrel. “Why,” said he, “have you made the water muddy for me while I am drinking?” The Fleece-bearer,...

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