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History of the Graeco-Latin Fable
Volume I. Introduction and from the Origins to the Hellenistic Age
Series: - Mnemosyne, Supplements, Volume: 201
Spanning from Sumer to the present day few literary genres show greater continuity throughout their history than the fable. Historical evidence reaching as far back as Antiquity, supports the study of more than 500 works considered to be fables.
This translation of the original Spanish, standard work on the fable, traces the history of the Graeco-Latin fable, investigates its origins, reconstructs lost collections from the Hellenistic Age, and establishes relationships between the fablist of the Imperial Age and the study of Medieval, Greek and Latin fables.
Supplements at the end of each chapter have been added, giving information on a new bibliography and some new data, together with references to subsequent studies.
This translation of the original Spanish, standard work on the fable, traces the history of the Graeco-Latin fable, investigates its origins, reconstructs lost collections from the Hellenistic Age, and establishes relationships between the fablist of the Imperial Age and the study of Medieval, Greek and Latin fables.
Supplements at the end of each chapter have been added, giving information on a new bibliography and some new data, together with references to subsequent studies.
‘Formé à une époque où la parfaite connaissance d’un domaine particulier d’étude n’empêchait pas les érudits de regarder au-delà de ses frontiers et d’avoir une vision globale de l’histoire de leur objet d’étude, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados est problablement l’un des derniers savants capables de nous donner cette leçon.’
Andrei Timotin, Studia Indo-Europaea.
'...we await with pleasure the impact of these books on future scholarship.’
Elizabeth Irwin, Journal of Hellenic Studies, 2002.
Andrei Timotin, Studia Indo-Europaea.
'...we await with pleasure the impact of these books on future scholarship.’
Elizabeth Irwin, Journal of Hellenic Studies, 2002.