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Phaedrus



Gaius Julius Phaedrus or Phaeder (c. 15 BC–c. 50 AD) 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 inferred from his poems, and there was little mention of his work during late antiquity. It was not until the discovery of a few imperfect manuscripts during and following the Renaissance that his importance emerged, both as an author and in the transmission of the fables. ...more

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The Fables of Phaedrus

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Байки Федра

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Favole di Fedro e Aviano

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Aesop's Human Zoo: Roman St...

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Басни

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Байки

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Telling Tales on Caesar: Ro...

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Favole. E tu, che animale sei?

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Fabelbuch / Liber Fabularum

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Phaedrus

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“Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.”
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“The only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane.”
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“Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many. The intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.”
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