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The Fables of Phædrus

Author : Phaedrus Phaedrus
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3748131798
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The Fables of Phædrus written by Phaedrus Phaedrus and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, trembling, answered: "Prithee, Wolf, how can I do what you complain of? The water is flowing downwards from you to where I am drinking." The other, disconcerted by the force of truth, exclaimed: "Six months ago, you slandered me." "Indeed," answered the Lamb, "I was not born then." "By Hercules," said the Wolf, "then "twas your father slandered me;" and so, snatching him up, he tore him to pieces, killing him unjustly. This Fable is applicable to those men who, under false pretences, oppress the innocent.

Victim of the Muses

Author : Todd Compton
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Victim of the Muses written by Todd Compton and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book probes the narratives of poets who are exiled, tried or executed for their satire. It views the scapegoat as a group's dominant warrior, sent out to confront predators or besieging forces. Both poets and warriors specialize in madness and aggression and are necessary, yet dangerous, to society.

Telling Tales on Caesar

Author : Phaedrus
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199240951
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Telling Tales on Caesar written by Phaedrus and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cameos showcase Tiberius in private and Augustus in court, with Pompey the Great on campaign and Phaedrus himself struggling against prejudice and persecution, and tales feature all sorts - a toadying slave, wicked servant, vain musician, effeminate soldier, sexy poet, and rogue quack. These forgotten tales tell short and clear Roman parables of power and powerlessness. Humorous and acute, they explain, and protest at, the Caesars, and they sit perfectly among Aesop's sadistic lions, murderous wolves, and apes in purple."--Jacket.

Babrius and Phaedrus

Author : Babrius
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Babrius and Phaedrus written by Babrius and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BABRIUS is the reputed author of a collection (discovered in the 19th century) of more than 125 fables based on 'Aesop's', in Greek verse. He may have been a 'Hellenised' Roman living in Asia Minor during the late 1st century after Christ. The fables are all in one metre and in very good style, terse, humorous and pointed. Some are original. PHAEDRUS, born in Macedonia, flourished in the early half of the 1st century after Christ. Apparently a slave set free by the Emperor Augustus (died A.D. 14) he lived in Italy and began to write 'Aesopian' fables. When he offended Sejanus the powerful official of the Emperor Tiberius, he was punished, but not silenced. The fables, in 5 books, are in lively terse and simple Latin verse not lacking in dignity. They not only amuse and teach but also satirise social and political life in Rome. In the later Middle Ages he was forgotten except in prose-versions of the fables.

Aesop's Fables

Author : Aesop
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781853261282
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Fables written by Aesop and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1994 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.

Aesop's Human Zoo

Author : Phaedrus
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022680612X
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Aesop's Human Zoo written by Phaedrus and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us grew up with Aesop's Fables—tales of talking animals, with morals attached. In fact, the familiar versions of the stories attributed to this enigmatic and astute storyteller are based on adaptations of Aesop by the liberated Roman slave Phaedrus. In turn, Phaedrus's renderings have been rewritten so extensively over the centuries that they do not do justice to the originals. In Aesop's Human Zoo, legendary Cambridge classicist John Henderson puts together a surprising set of up-front translations—fifty sharp, raw, and sometimes bawdy, fables by Phaedrus into 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. Featuring folksy proverbs and satirical anecdotes, filled with saucy naughtiness and awful puns, Aesop's Human Zoo will amuse you with its eccentricities and hit home with its shrewdly candid and red raw messages. The entertainment offered in this volume of impeccably accurate translations is truly a novelty—a good-hearted and knowing laugh courtesy of classical poetry. 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.

Reading Greek

Author : Joint Association of Classical Teachers. Greek Course
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521698510
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book Reading Greek written by Joint Association of Classical Teachers. Greek Course and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-07-30 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second edition of best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students and adults. This volume contains a narrative adapted entirely from ancient authors in order to encourage students rapidly to develop their reading skills. The texts and numerous illustrations also provide a good introduction to Greek culture.

Phaedrus

Author : Plato
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Phaedrus written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Phaedrus, written by Plato, is a dialogue between Plato's protagonist, Socrates, and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BC, about the same time as Plato's Republic and Symposium.

The Most Beautiful Fables of Aesop, Phaedrus and La Fontaine

Author :
Publisher : White Star Kids
ISBN 13 : 9788854412569
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book The Most Beautiful Fables of Aesop, Phaedrus and La Fontaine written by and published by White Star Kids. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating stories of animals that represent, like a mirror, the vices and virtues of mankind, old stories that have survived for centuries thanks to their universal and timeless meaning, created from the imagination of the greatest fable writers of all times: Phaedrus, Aesop and La Fontaine. 36 favorite fables from three popular writers, all retold in simple, child-friendly language and delightfully illustrated. The Lion who learns that even the king of the jungle must sometimes depend on the tiniest creature. The Country Mouse who comes to the city . . . only to discover that there's really no place like home. Using appealing animals and their adventures, fables bring us bite-size messages of wisdom and teach us the secrets of human nature. This collection features 36 timeless tales from Aesop, Phaedrus, and La Fontaine - including "The Hare and the Tortoise," "The Crow and the Pitcher," "The Frogs Who Desired a King," and "The Hen with the Golden Eggs" - all illustrated in Marisa Vestita's colourful, contemporary, and inimitable style. AGES: 4 plus AUTHOR: Marisa Vestita began working as an illustrator in 2002 and today she exhibits at important events all over Italy. She has worked with prestigious Italian publishers and with numerous magazines, including Grazia and Natural Style. For White Star she has published a number of collections of fables.

The Fables of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke

Author : Justin David Strong
Publisher : Brill Schoningh
ISBN 13 : 9783506760654
Total Pages : 629 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book The Fables of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke written by Justin David Strong and published by Brill Schoningh. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Complete Fables

Author : Aesop
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141915781
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Fables written by Aesop and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-05-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aesop was probably a prisoner of war, sold into slavery in the early sixth century BC, who represented his masters in court and negotiations, and relied on animal stories to put across his key points. All these fables, full of humour, insight and savage wit, as well as many fascinating glimpses of ordinary life, have now been brought together for the first time in this definitive and fully annotated modern edition.

The Ancient Fable

Author : Niklas Holzberg
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253215482
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Fable written by Niklas Holzberg and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It appears that fable was not recognised as a distinct literary genre in antiquity although it did exist in a recognisable form.

Plato's Animals

Author : Jeremy Bell
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253016207
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Plato's Animals written by Jeremy Bell and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A unique and intriguing point of entry into the dialogues and a variety of concerns from metaphysics and epistemology to ethics, politics, and aesthetics.” —Eric Sanday, University of Kentucky Plato’s Animals examines the crucial role played by animal images, metaphors, allusions, and analogies in Plato’s dialogues. These fourteen lively essays demonstrate that the gadflies, snakes, stingrays, swans, dogs, horses, and other animals that populate Plato’s work are not just rhetorical embellishments. Animals are central to Plato’s understanding of the hierarchy between animals, humans, and gods and are crucial to his ideas about education, sexuality, politics, aesthetics, the afterlife, the nature of the soul, and philosophy itself. The volume includes a comprehensive annotated index to Plato’s bestiary in both Greek and English. “Plato’s Animals is a strong volume of beautifully written paeans to postmodern themes found in premodern thought.” —Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews “Shows readers of Plato that he remains significant to issues currently pursued in Continental thought and especially in relation to Derrida and Heidegger.” —Robert Metcalf, University of Colorado, Denver “Will provide fertile ground for future work in this area.” —Jill Gordon, author of Plato’s Erotic World

Plato's Phaedrus

Author : Paul Ryan
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806188154
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Plato's Phaedrus written by Paul Ryan and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-09-05 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed in the fourth century b.c., the Phaedrus—a dialogue between Phaedrus and Socrates—deals ostensibly with love but develops into a wide-ranging discussion of such subjects as the pursuit of beauty, the nature of humanity, the immortality of the soul, and the attainment of truth, ending with an in-depth discussion of the principles of rhetoric. This erudite commentary, which also includes the original Greek text, is designed to help intermediate-level students of Greek read, understand, and enjoy Plato’s magnificent work. Drawing on his extensive classroom experience and linguistic expertise, Paul Ryan offers a commentary that is both rich in detail and—in contrast to earlier, more austere commentaries on the Phaedrus—fully engaging. Line by line, he explains subtle points of language, explicates difficulties of syntax, and brings out nuances of tone and meaning that students might not otherwise notice or understand. Ryan sections his commentary into units of convenient length for classroom use, with short summaries at the head of each section to orient the reader. Never straying far from the text itself, Ryan provides useful historical glosses and annotations for the student, introducing information ranging from the architecture of the Lyceum to Athenian politics. Further historical and philosophical context is provided in the introduction by Mary Louise Gill, who outlines the issues addressed in the Phaedrus and situates it in relation to Plato’s other dialogues.

Fables of Æsop

Author : Sir Roger L'Estrange
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 788 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Fables of Æsop written by Sir Roger L'Estrange and published by . This book was released on 1699 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aesopica

Author : Aesop
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aesopica written by Aesop and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History, Metaphors, Fables

Author : Hans Blumenberg
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501747991
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book History, Metaphors, Fables written by Hans Blumenberg and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History, Metaphors, and Fables collects the central writings by Hans Blumenberg and covers topics such as on the philosophy of language, metaphor theory, non-conceptuality, aesthetics, politics, and literary studies. This landmark volume demonstrates Blumenberg's intellectual breadth and gives an overview of his thematic and stylistic range over four decades. Blumenberg's early philosophy of technology becomes tangible, as does his critique of linguistic perfectibility and conceptual thought, his theory of history as successive concepts of reality", his anthropology, or his studies of literature. History, Metaphors, Fables allows readers to discover a master thinker whose role in the German intellectual post-war scene can hardly be overestimated.