Here is a selection of fables featuring animals, written in different eras, in prose and verse, and with a lot of wit! Read More
Is it possible to read an original text in Greek or Latin without taking refuge in a dictionary or getting lost in translation? Can we enjoy the pleasure of the ancient languages, savour a Greek or Roman anecdote, enter directly into the plot of a narrative composed 2,000 years ago?
Yes, if we take a gradual approach to the text, following three stages: mastering the vocabulary, getting to know the story in a simple way, and discovering the text in an adapted form, before finally arriving at the original text.
In this volume, you'll discover or rediscover the tradition of Latin animal fables in all their variety: from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, from the bee to the... hedgehog, in prose, in verse, and for morals you won't be able to stop discussing!
Thanks to the AGLAE series, the original text will no longer be a translation exercise, but a work in its own right that we can approach in a proactive way.
Happy reading!
Ad legentes/Aux lecteurs et lectrices
Unde veniunt fabulae ?
Fābula prīma. Canis ad Agnum
ex librō tertiō fābulārum Phaedrī Augustī Lībertī, fābula quīnta decima
Fābula secunda. Dē Ovibus ā Lupīs fraudulenter sēductīs et laniātīs
ex librō secundō Fābulārum Rōmulī Nilantiī, fābula quīnta decima
Fābula tertia. Āpēs et Fūcī Vespā jūdice
ex librō tertiō fābulārum Phaedrī Augustī Lībertī, fābula decima tertia
Fābula quarta. Panthēra et pastōrēs
ex librō tertiō fabulārum Phaedrī Augustī Libertī, fābula secunda
Fābula quīnta. Vitulus et bōs
ex Fābulīs Flāviī Aviānī, fābula trīcēsima sexta
Fābula sexta. Cervus ad bovēs
ex librō secundō Fābulārum Phaedrī Augustī Lībertī, fābula octāva
Fābula septima. Aquila, Fēlēs et Aper
ex librō secundō Fābulārum Phaedrī Augustī Lībertī, fābula quārta
Fābula octāva. Equus, Cervus et Vēnātor
ex librō quārtō Fābulārum Rōmulī, fābula nōna
Fābula nōna. Dē lepōribus congregātīs ad cōnsilium
ex Fābulīs Rōmulī Mariae Gallicae, fābula vīcēsima quārta
Fābula decima – prīma pars. Dē Cervō, Herināceō* et Aprō
ex Fābulīs Rōmulī, ex solūtā ōrātiōne in rhythmicum sermōnem mediō aevō trānslātīs, fābula trīcēsima quārta
Fābula decima – altera pars. Dē Cervō, Herināceō et Aprō
ex Fabulīs Rōmulī, ex solūtā ōrātiōne in rhythmicum sermōnem mediō aevō
trānslātīs, fābula trīcēsima quārta
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