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| Name: |
Phaedrus | | Birth Date: |
15 B.C. | | Death Date: |
50 | | Place of Birth: |
Thrace | | Place of Death: |
Italy | | Nationality: |
Roman | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
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 Biography of Phaedrus
557 words, approx. 2 pages
 The personal history of Phaedrus (15 BC-50 AD), a first century Roman writer, has been lost in the mist of history, but his fables in verse based on those of Aesop will live for countless generations to come. Fables are one of the oldest forms of... summary from source:
 Biography of Phaedrus
2,012 words, approx. 7 pages
 Little is known about the life of the fabulist Phaedrus. The title of the principal manuscript of his work, the Codex Pithoeanus [P], identifies him as a freedman of the emperor Augustus. All other biographical evidence has been deduced from what... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Phaedrus Information
1,206 words, approx. 4 pages
Phaedrus (c. 15 BC – c. AD 50), Roman fabulist, was probably a thracian slave<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference">[1]</sup>, born in Pydna of Macedonia (Roman province) and lived in the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius and Claudius.He is...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by H. MacL. Currie
8,443 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, Currie examines the literary tone and worldview of Phaedrus and emphasizes the influence of classical Greek literature in his poetry
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Critical Essay by Ben Edwin Perry
7,756 words, approx. 26 pages
In the essay that follows, Perry surveys the autobiographical information gleaned from Phaedrus's poetry, as well as major stylistic issues of the fables, particularly the innovations Phaedrus contributed to the Aesopic tradition.
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Critical Essay by J. Wight Duff
7,355 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following essay, first published in 1927, Duff discusses what is known of Phaedrus's life, reviews the critical consensus on his work, and locates his work in the tradition that spans from Aesop to the medieval French interest in fables.
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