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Phaedrus
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Gaius Julius Phaedrus or Phaeder was a 1st-century AD Roman fabulist and the first versifier of a collection of Aesop's fables into Latin. Nothing is recorded of his life except for what can be inferred from his poems, and there was little mention of his work during late antiquity. It was not until the discovery of a few imperfect manuscripts during and following the Renaissance that his importance emerged, both as an author and in the transmission of the fables.
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Gaius Julius Phaedrus or Phaeder was a 1st-century AD Roman fabulist and the first versifier of a collection of Aesop's fables into Latin. Nothing is recorded of his life except for what can be inferred from his poems, and there was little mention of his work during late antiquity. It was not until the discovery of a few imperfect manuscripts during and following the Renaissance that his importance emerged, both as an author and in the transmission of the fables.
Phaedrus was a prominent Ancient Roman writer and poet who specialized in the fable genre.
Born on the outskirts of Central Macedonia, his life began as a slave before he eventually gained his freedom.
His most iconic work is Fabulae, a collection comprising 122 fables written in Latin verse.
His literary work primarily involved adapting and translating Aesop's Greek fables into Latin.
After gaining his freedom under the reign of Emperor Augustus, he dedicated his life to creating his famous moral tales.
