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Phaedrus, 1745 engraving. Gaius Julius Phaedrus (/ ˈ f iː d r ə s /; Ancient Greek: Φαῖδρος; Phaîdros), or Phaeder (c. 15 BC – c. 50 AD) was a 1st-century AD Roman fabulist and the first versifier of a collection of Aesop's fables into Latin.
Phaedrus (/ ˈ f iː d r ə s, ˈ f ɛ d r ə s /), son of Pythocles, of the Myrrhinus deme (Greek: Φαῖδρος Πυθοκλέους Μυῤῥινούσιος, Phaĩdros Puthokléous Murrhinoúsios; c. 444 – 393 BC), was an ancient Athenian aristocrat associated with the inner-circle of the philosopher Socrates.
The Phaedrus also gives us much in the way of explaining how art should be practiced. The discussion of rhetoric, the proper practice of which is found to actually be philosophy, has many similarities with Socrates's role as a "midwife of the soul" in the Theaetetus; the dialectician, as described, is particularly resonant. To practice the art ...
Eurymedon of Myrrhinus, brother-in-law of Plato; Phaedrus (Athenian), aristocrat depicted in the dialogues of Plato Speusippus, philosopher and Plato's nephew; Tettigidaea (Ancient Greek: Τεττιγιδαία) of Myrrhinus, Nicostratus (comic poet) was in love with her, and he jump from the Leucas Rock in order to be cured from the love.
Phaedrus (/ ˈ f iː d r ə s, ˈ f ɛ d r ə s /; Ancient Greek: Φαῖδρος; 138 – 70/69 BC [1]) was an Epicurean philosopher. He was the head ( scholarch ) of the Epicurean school in Athens after the death of Zeno of Sidon around 75 BC, until his own death in 70 or 69 BC.
These cicadas are not simply decorative; they add a profound metaphor, transcendent musical motif and a liminal aspect to the dialogue of Socrates and Phaedrus. It is in Phaedrus that Socrates states that some of life's greatest blessings flow from mania, [ 5 ] specifically in the four kinds of mania: (1) prophetic; (2) poetic; (3) cathartic ...
Binagadi asphalt lake – cluster of tar pits located 1 km southeast from Binagadi settlement, near Hirda-Girrar hillock in urban Baku, Azerbaijan.Fossils from the species of 41 species of mammals, 110 species of birds, 2 reptiles, 1 amphibian and 107 insects recovered from the pits are on display at the Baku Natural-Historical Museum.
Phaedrus, a dialogue of Plato; Phaedrus (play), a 3rd-century BCE comedic play by Alexis (poet) Phaedrus, a character in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; A work by Cy Twombly; Phaedrus, Johnathan, a character in the Reckoners novels by Brandon Sanderson.