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Phaedrus

Saturae

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Aesop's fables retold in elegant Latin verse. Phaedrus — a freed slave of Augustus — adds his own fables to the collection, using animal stories to comment on power, injustice, and the lives of the powerless with quiet subversion.

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  • Prologus

    A collection of verse fables by Phaedrus — morality tales featuring animals, gods, and ordinary people, in the tradition of Aesop.

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  • 2
    Book 2

    A collection of verse fables by Phaedrus — morality tales featuring animals, gods, and ordinary people, in the tradition of Aesop.

    75 lines
  • 3
    Book 3

    A collection of verse fables by Phaedrus — morality tales featuring animals, gods, and ordinary people, in the tradition of Aesop.

    118 lines
  • 4
    Book 4

    A collection of verse fables by Phaedrus — morality tales featuring animals, gods, and ordinary people, in the tradition of Aesop.

    52 lines
  • 5
    Book 5

    A collection of verse fables by Phaedrus — morality tales featuring animals, gods, and ordinary people, in the tradition of Aesop.

    191 lines
  • 6
    Book 6

    A collection of verse fables by Phaedrus — morality tales featuring animals, gods, and ordinary people, in the tradition of Aesop.

    80 lines
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