Aesop's Fables
Aesop
Translated by Laura Gibbs
17 April 2008
ISBN: 9780199540754
352 pages
Paperback
196x129mm
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Price: £7.99Description
This new translation is the first to represent all the main fable collections in ancient Latin and Greek derived from the legendary Aesop, arranged according to the fables' contents and themes. It includes 600 fables, many of which come from sources never before translated into English.
About the Author(s)
Aesop
Translated by Laura Gibbs, Specialist in academic computing at the University of OklahomaTable of Contents
- Aesop, the Popular Favourite
The Fables
Aetiologies, Paradoxes, Insults and Jokes
Reviews
'Laura Gibbs has recently brought out a splendid translation with a very helpful introduction of the bulk of the fables in the Oxford World's Classics.' - Gabriel Josipovici, TLS
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