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History of the Graeco-Latin fable /

Adrados, Francisco Rodríguez, 1922-

History of the Graeco-Latin fable / by Francisco Rodríguez Adrados ; translated by Leslie A. Ray. - 1 online resource (3 volumes (xviii, 740, xx, 756, xlviii, 1168 pages)) - Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 201, 207, 236 . - Mnemosyne, Supplements 207. Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288. .

"This edition has been revised and updated by the author and Gert-Jan van Dijk."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preliminary Material -- THE HELLENISTIC FABLES WITH A SINGLE PRIMARY METRICAL VERSION -- THE HELLENISTIC FABLES WITH MORE THAN ONE PRIMARY METRICAL VERSION: SPECIAL CASES -- PHAEDRUS -- BABRIUS -- THE PSEUDO-DOSITHEUS -- APHTHONIUS -- AVIANUS -- THE AUGUSTANA COLLECTION -- MINOR COLLECTIONS AND EXEMPLUM-FABLES -- THE FABLES OF THE CODEX BRANCACCIANUS -- THE SYRIAC FABLES -- THE VINDOBONENSIS AND ACCURSIANA COLLECTIONS -- THE BODLEIAN PARAPHRASE AND THE “POLITICI” DODECASYLLABLES -- THE TETRASTICHS OF IGNATIUS THE DEACON AND HIS IMITATORS -- THE FABLES OF THE ADEMARI AND WISSENBURGENSIS CODICES AND THOSE OF THE SO-CALLED ROMULUS -- THE MEDIEVAL GREEK AND LATIN FABLE OF THE ORIENTAL TRADITION AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE GREEK FABLE IN THE ORIENT -- THE REMAINING MEDIEVAL GREEK AND LATIN TRADITION -- CONCLUSION -- SYNOPSIS I: THE GREEK FABLE (COLLECTIONS) -- INDEX LOCORUM.

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This is the second of three volumes covering the long history of the fable from Sumer to the present day. Historical evidence reaching as far back as Antiquity, supports the study of more than 500 works considered to be fables.

9789004351127

10.1163/9789004351127 DOI

99037200


Fables, Classical--History and criticism.
Fables, Classical.


Criticism, interpretation, etc.

PA3032 / .R613 1999

880/.09