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UNEDITED UK REVIEW: "'Laura Gibbs has recently brought out a splendid translation with a very helpful introduction of the bulk of the fables in the Oxford World's Classics.'"--Gabriel Josipovici, TLS
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The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came the collections of prose and verse fables scattered throughout Greek and Roman literature. First published in English by Caxton in 1484, the fables and their morals continue to charm modern readers: who does not know the story of the tortoise and the hare, or the boy who cried wolf? This new translation is the first to represent all the main fable collections in ancient Latin and Greek, arranged according to the fables' contents and themes. It includes 600 fables, many of which come from sources never before translated into English.
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UNEDITED UK REVIEW: "'Laura Gibbs has recently brought out a splendid translation with a very helpful introduction of the bulk of the fables in the Oxford World's Classics.'"--Gabriel Josipovici, TLS
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The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came the collections of prose and verse fables scattered throughout Greek and Roman literature. First published in English by Caxton in 1484, the fables and their morals continue to charm modern readers: who does not know the story of the tortoise and the hare, or the boy who cried wolf? This new translation is the first to represent all the main fable collections in ancient Latin and Greek, arranged according to the fables' contents and themes. It includes 600 fables, many of which come from sources never before translated into English.
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The orator Demades was trying to address his Athenian audience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fable shows that people, story shows that people, similar fable, tame doves, same fable Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Phaedrus App, Life of Aesop, Perotti's Appendix, Romulus Ang, Greek Anthology, Dio Chrysostom, Diogenes the Cynic, Natural History, Compare the English, Saint Anthony, Ignatius Diaconus, Human Aetiologies, Nicomachean Ethics, The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs, Banquet of the Seven Sages, Eleusinian Mysteries, Demetrius of Phalerum Browse Sample Pages:
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The orator Demades was trying to address his Athenian audience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fable shows that people, story shows that people, similar fable, tame doves, same fable Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Phaedrus App, Life of Aesop, Perotti's Appendix, Romulus Ang, Greek Anthology, Dio Chrysostom, Diogenes the Cynic, Natural History, Compare the English, Saint Anthony, Ignatius Diaconus, Human Aetiologies, Nicomachean Ethics, The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs, Banquet of the Seven Sages, Eleusinian Mysteries, Demetrius of Phalerum Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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