Telling Tales on Caesar: Roman Stories from Phaedrus

by Phaedrus

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199240957
• ISBN13: 9780199240951
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"