Innovation and Artistry in Phaedrus' Morals.
In his creative and original deployment of the 'morals' attached to his fables, Phaedrus boldly asserts his independence from the prosaic fable tradition and embeds his work within the framework of a broadly fictionalized poetic career. While pro- and epimythia in Phaedrus have attracted scholarly a...
| Publicado en: | Mnemosyne Vol. 70; no. 3; pp. 417 - 436 |
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