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Phaedrus (fabulist)
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Gaius Julius Phaedrus or Phaeder was a 1st-century AD Roman fabulist and the first versifier of a collection of Aesop's fables into Latin. Nothing is recorded of his life except for what can be inferr
Phaedrus, 1745 engraving
Phaedrus, 1745 engraving
La Fontaine's Fables
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Jean de La Fontaine collected fables from a wide variety of sources, both Western and Eastern, and adapted them into French free verse. They were issued under the general title of Fables in several vo
Phaedrus (fabulist)
…various poetic forms appeared in the Poems & Translations (London 1769) of Ashley Cowper (1701–88). There were many more poems distinctively styled in La Fontaine's Fables; others followed by Ivan Krylov in Russian; Gregory Skovoroda and Leonid Hlibov in Ukrainian; and a more complete collection by Volodymyr Lytvynov in…
An Aubusson tapestry from the 18th century illustrating "The Lion in Love"
An Aubusson tapestry from the 18th century illustrating "The Lion in Love"
Facsimile of the manuscript of "The Sculptor and the Statue of Jupiter"
Facsimile of the manuscript of "The Sculptor and the Statue of Jupiter"
The practical lesson of "The frog that wanted to be as big as an ox" on a 19th-century trade card
The practical lesson of "The frog that wanted to be as big as an ox" on a 19th-century trade card