{"product_id":"telling-tales-on-caesar-roman-stories-from-phaedrus-hardcover","title":"Telling Tales on Caesar: Roman Stories from Phaedrus - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Henderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn Henderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book contains a dozen entertaining stories written in colloquial Latin verse newly translated and commented on by John Henderson. The author, Phaedrus, was a freeman of Augustus who put Aesop's \u003cem\u003eFables\u003c\/em\u003e into five books of verse during the reign of Tiberius. He included a number of stories and anecdotes on everyday life situations as well as assorted satirical bits. Rarely read today, they take the reader to the heart of ancient Rome, into everyday corners of classical life and culture, high and low, during the reigns of the first emperors, Augustus and Tiberius.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454575886514,"sku":"9780199240951","price":143.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/649c34a42e6cfe1f2fbca1eaa0ed5bf4.webp?v=1778854806","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/telling-tales-on-caesar-roman-stories-from-phaedrus-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}