ISBN:
9780191606281
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (460 pages)
Series Statement:
Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
398.2
Keywords:
Aesop's fables-Translations into English
;
Fables, Greek-Translations into English
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This new translation is the first to represent all the main fable collections in ancient Latin and Greek derived from the legendary Aesop, arranged according to the fables' contents and themes. It includes 600 fables, many of which come from sources never before translated into English.
Abstract:
Cover -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Note on the Text and Translation -- Select Bibliography -- Chronology of the Fables -- Aesop, the Popular Favourite -- I. The Fables -- II. Aetiologies, Paradoxes, Insults, and Jokes -- Index of Perry Numbers -- Index of Sources -- General Index.
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