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Babrius

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Babrius , fl. 2d cent.?, Greek fabulist, versifier of the fables of Aesop . Many of the medieval prose collections of Aesop were based on Babrius. He may have been a Hellenized Roman. Author not available, BABRIUS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Babrius
Babrius a Greek writer of fables who lived probably in the second century ad but about whom nothing is known. The fables, which exist today in two books (of which the second is incomplete), are based on the fables of Aesop with some apparently original additions. Read more
Aesop
...and connect him with such rulers as Solon and Croesus. The fables called Aesop's fables were preserved principally through Babrius , Phaedrus , Planudes Maximus , and La Fontaine 's verse translations. The most famous of these fables include The Fox and... Read more

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