Telling Tales on Caesar: Roman Stories from Phaedrus (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199240951)

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.

Author: Phaedrus
ISBN-10: 0199240957
ISBN-13: 9780199240951
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 05/10/2001
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d