{"product_id":"telling-tales-on-caesar-phaedrus-9780199240951","title":"Telling Tales on Caesar: Roman Stories from Phaedrus","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 \u003cem\u003eFables\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phaedrus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199240957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199240951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d","brand":"Phaedrus","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119434690815,"sku":"9780199240951","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_757a3a0f-b929-4f8a-a0c7-d5002aab880a.jpg?v=1687409328","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/telling-tales-on-caesar-phaedrus-9780199240951","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}