Phaedrus
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- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
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- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Greek fabulist{$I[g]Greece;Phaedrus} As a prolific writer of fables{$IFables;Phaedrus} and reputed translator of Aesop, Phaedrus elevated the fable from a rhetorical device, used incidentally in writing and speaking, to a completely independent genre with a recognizable place in literature.
Early Life
The little that is known about Roman fabulist Phaedrus (FEE-druhs) is derived either directly or by deduction from his own writings. He was born Gaius Iulius Phaeder in Pieria, Thessaly, which was at the time part of a Roman province. He...
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