| Telling Tales on Caesar: Roman Stories from Phaedrus Contributor(s): Phaedrus (Author), Henderson, John (Editor), Henderson, John (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0199240957 ISBN-13: 9780199240951 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $76.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2001 Annotation: This book contains a dozen entertaining stories written in colloquial Latin verse newly translated and commented on by John Henderson. The author, Phaedrus, was a freeman of Augustus who put Aesop's Fables into five books of verse during the reign of Tiberius. He included a number of stories and anecdotes on everyday life situations as well as assorted satirical bits. Rarely read today, they take the reader to the heart of ancient Rome, into everyday corners of classical life and culture, high and low, during the reigns of the first emperors, Augustus and Tiberius. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - History | Ancient - Rome |
| Dewey: 871.01 |
| LCCN: 00056649 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.16 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book contains a dozen entertaining stories written in colloquial Latin verse newly translated and commented on by John Henderson. The author, Phaedrus, was a freeman of Augustus who put Aesop's Fables into five books of verse during the reign of Tiberius. He included a number of stories and anecdotes on everyday life situations as well as assorted satirical bits. Rarely read today, they take the reader to the heart of ancient Rome, into everyday corners of classical life and culture, high and low, during the reigns of the first emperors, Augustus and Tiberius. |