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Forty-two fables by Avianus show a world in flux in which humor and cunning provide the means of survival.
A collection of animal fables told by the Greek slave Aesop.
Study of book illumination in southern France, based on a Carolingian manuscript in the Bibliothèque nationale (ms. lat. nouv. acq. 1132) showing the development of illustrations for Aesop's fables in Gothic manuscripts from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries.
This is the second of three volumes covering the long history of the fable from Sumer to the present day. Historical evidence reaching as far back as Antiquity, supports the study of more than 500 works considered to be fables.
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.
It appears that fable was not recognised as a distinct literary genre in antiquity although it did exist in a recognisable form.