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The Phaedrus (/ ˈ f iː d r ə s /; Ancient Greek: Φαῖδρος, romanized: Phaidros), written by Plato, is a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BC, about the same time as Plato's Republic and Symposium. [1]
The fables of Phaedrus soon began to be published as school editions, both in the original Latin and in prose translation. [117] [118] Since the 18th century there have also been four complete translations into English verse. The first was by Christopher Smart into octosyllabic couplets (London 1753). [119]
The Ox and the Frog, Wenceslaus Hollar, 17th century Rana rupta et bos (The Frog that exploded, and the ox) is a Latin retelling from the Liber primus of the Fabulae (1:24) of the Roman poet Phaedrus (1st century); the Latin text is itself based on The Frog and the Ox, one of Aesop's Fables.
Phaedrus fled Athens at this time along with the other accused parties, losing his wealth and property in the process. Some scholars had previously interpreted Andocides as naming Phaedrus in his list of mutilators of the Herms, [2] a contemporaneous Athenian scandal, but this is generally dismissed within present scholarship. [1]
Thamus was a mythical Pharaoh of Upper Egypt, and appears in Plato's dialogue Phaedrus.According to the story told by Socrates in that dialogue, King Thamus received from the god Thoth the knowledge of writing, but decided not to use it too often, as he reckoned this will damage the ability to remember extensively.
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.
In Phaedrus's fable, Prometheus appears as a sculptor in clay who can bring to life the figures he creates. Having just made a sculpture of Truth, he is called away by Jove, leaving his workshop in the hands of his apprentice Dolus. Out of sense of rivalry, Dolus fashions an exact duplicate of Prometheus's Truth, except for the fact that ...
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